Example sentences of "know [Wh adv] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yer know 'ow nervous she is . |
| 2 | We know how long we were travelling and roughly the speed we were going . |
| 3 | I know how long it is , how deep , and one does not forget how to swim . |
| 4 | At least with smack , I know how long I 'm going to turkey . |
| 5 | ‘ You know how clumsy you are with anything mechanical — you 'd be safer with a colony of rodents . ’ |
| 6 | So long as you know how far it is to the line , and so long as someone is calling out the time to the start , you just need to judge your speed correctly . |
| 7 | But if we know how many we 're seeing in a , in an age |
| 8 | Make a note of the number of needles so that when you have to return these stitches to the cuff you know how many you need to decrease evenly across the work . |
| 9 | I know how firm you are when you 've decided something . |
| 10 | ‘ I know how upset you must feel about losing Alain , ’ she began . |
| 11 | They also know how paranoid I am ; I 'll be on the phone if the monitor so much as flickers during a thunderstorm . |
| 12 | ‘ You never know how little you have to beat , ’ he once said , a doleful look momentarily clouding his large , countryman features and global eyes . |
| 13 | We all know how uncomfortable it can be when dental fillings fall out and crowns become loose . |
| 14 | She was n't going to let Miguel know how anxious she was to choose the right thing to wear — fashionable yet not forward , pretty but not overdressed . |
| 15 | I know how damning they are . ’ |
| 16 | One of the Wurzels , Tommy Banner , got his accordion back thanks to " Police Five " — and I know how grateful he was . |
| 17 | The Urlar folk will neither help nor hinder — you know how close they are . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think you know how serious it could be if she lost this child . |
| 19 | I know how tired she must be after the journey . |
| 20 | I know how dangerous he was . |
| 21 | I know how disappointed you must feel … ’ |
| 22 | If you accept her at Lowood school , please make sure that the headmistress and teachers know how dishonest she is . |
| 23 | Constanza is handling it lightly , but I know how shaken she must be by losing the ring . |
| 24 | I 'm as good at this as I am at being chairman of the board — and you know how good I am at that … ’ |
| 25 | She said this with a certain violence , and Clara 's attention quickened , for she thought she was about to witness the emergence of one of the buried conflicts of which she had heard so much : but Mrs Denham said quickly , " For goodness sake , Clelia , you know how good it is for me to have James around , it takes me back to those lovely days when you were all so small and docile . " |
| 26 | I am well aware of my hon. Friend 's constituency interest as I visited that company and know how good it is . |
| 27 | I know how good he is , but it will be some pressure cauldron next Wednesday evening at Windsor and I think Jack will go with the players who have done the job for him before , and once this trial is over and we have qualified : - ) he will experiment and experiment and experiment to his hearts content . |
| 28 | I know how good you were because I was at that stage in maths where I felt rudderless and becalmed , drifting helplessly as it were , as my peer group — the rest of the fleet — sailed serenely on towards the horizon . |
| 29 | I know how good you are at hiding away inside it when you do n't want to face up to the real world . |
| 30 | I was longing to say no when she rang on Sunday but simply could not — she is married to a German and only comes home to Scotland once a year because of the costs , and I know how much she likes to come through to see the shops and friends . |