Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right I understand . |
| 2 | Go on , have a go alright , right I understand exactly what you 're saying Pauline , right the only thing is the wife and I have thought about it and we 're just not prepared to , you know what I mean , we 're gon na have to take a couple of days , because we wan na think it over |
| 3 | In many ways Kylie grew up with us on Neighbours so everyone understood what it meant when she left . |
| 4 | ‘ The more champagne I drank the better I understood his strong Scottish accent . |
| 5 | It was only family loyalty that prevented Lucy from admitting that her aunt 's references to her dear Tom had never sounded convincing , and , giving a small sigh , she said , ‘ Perhaps I understand more than you realise . ’ |
| 6 | Now personally I understand that the benefit shop is o er er er will be moving to the advice dispensing of centre shortly . |
| 7 | They did n't seem to know what it was , so had taken her into hospital for observation — or so I understood . |
| 8 | She always led me to believe my father was a solid company man — rose through the ranks to become managing director , or so I understood . ’ |
| 9 | Something of a cult hero to modern limestone climbers , or so I understand . |
| 10 | Or so I understand . |
| 11 | I mean it 's a dwelling I think it 's fine they 're very nice , so I understand . |
| 12 | The InteMate program itself is soon ( or so I understand ) to be merged with IntePlan as a complete ‘ desktop system ’ , is worthy of comment in itself . |
| 13 | So I understand that bit . |
| 14 | So I understand it . |
| 15 | So it 's nothing to do with by their own choice so I understand . |
| 16 | So I understand it will encourage others and there are some very wealthy landowners for whom this may not be a great strain on their resources . |
| 17 | I 'd go a little bit further and say well it 'd be much more likely that husband and wife would be in the master bedroom with in the small bedroom , but as you say er the adults or anybody indeed in the flat is likely to be in the bedrooms at that time , but Sergeant you see went a bit further and said that at the briefing , somehow he got information that was likely to be in the master bedroom so I understand your evidence , you certainly did n't get that impression at the brief . |
| 18 | erm , but in that situation , erm , so I understand , yo you 'd actually erm , |
| 19 | I , I , I never look at it , so I understand . |
| 20 | No , I mean I , cos I , you know I , i I spend a long time coarse fishing so I understand actual fishing for pleasure as opposed |
| 21 | Is that not why Montaigne could say ‘ the more I frequent and know myselfe … the less I understand myselfe ’ ; why also he discovers that ‘ I have nothing to say entirely , simply , and with soliditie of my selfe without contusion , disorder , blending , mingling … |
| 22 | I suppose that in some recess of his mind he was recalling the old cliché about honours being handed out like lollipops , but the more I look at the sentence the less I understand what he was on about or why it was considered worthy of preserving in print . |
| 23 | And then she heard a gunshot and the sound of a horn , and looking back she saw , high on Ballymacadoyle Hill , her own father and brothers and a crowd of others too , and they were waving and shouting — and suddenly she understood exactly what was happening : they were giving her their last farewell ; she was leaving Ireland , and might never return . |
| 24 | This is my heart 's dearest wish ; perhaps you understand . |
| 25 | Perhaps you understand — as many do not — that the past is not only always with us , but is us , the cause and context of our every action . |
| 26 | And now perhaps you understand what I mean by Personal Management . ’ |
| 27 | Now perhaps you understand why it helps to have the occasional English person working here . |
| 28 | Yeah so just to get you so you understand about fractions , you know what 's going on and you can ask intelligent questions and your teacher 'll think , Oh she knows what she 's talking about . |
| 29 | So you understand what you 've got to do . |
| 30 | This means that the better we understand the environment in which the output of a system will be used , the better we will be able to estimate the potential value of those outputs , and to design systems accordingly . |