Example sentences of "to know [adv] what [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elaine seemed to know instinctively what she was thinking . |
| 2 | Now he was going to know exactly what they meant . |
| 3 | Anyhow , it is only natural that an angler specialising in better quality fish should want to know exactly what they weigh . |
| 4 | It also gives us the chance to talk to the clients and to get to know exactly what they want . ’ |
| 5 | " They seemed to know exactly what they wanted . " |
| 6 | but we need to know exactly what they are : |
| 7 | But if we are going to meet expectations of clients then really we have to know exactly what it is the client needs and would be happy with . |
| 8 | And it 's , it 's difficult for us to tell because we do n't have that many regional studies to be able to know exactly what it was that was determining these differences of values . |
| 9 | Now , to what extent could one move in that direction using a computer , which is a rather precise and definite sort of object that wants to know exactly what it has to do and how it has to do it ? |
| 10 | All the time during each turn it is essential to have a plan for the worst contingency and to know exactly what you would do if you suddenly lost 200 feet . |
| 11 | There are now so many line trimmers on the market now that it pays to know exactly what you need and how much you are prepared to pay . |
| 12 | ‘ I want to know exactly what you are doing here . |
| 13 | You need to know exactly what you are getting . |
| 14 | Carmen Ballesteros , for one , would probably love to know exactly what he meant by that . |
| 15 | Over Madame Mattli 's shoulder Paula could see Arlene watching her , a tiny smile lifting one corner of her scarlet mouth , and Paula knew her well enough by now to know exactly what she was thinking . |
| 16 | no and I , I think particularly this new head seems to know exactly what she 's doing , where she 's going , I think it 's excellent so I 'm sure she 's working everybody to death and I think that 's brilliant |
| 17 | Spilling the knots from one 's entrails out onto paper is n't likely to make a poem or story that others will want to read , but many writers do have to go through the ‘ spilling ’ process in order to know just what it is they have to hammer into shape . |
| 18 | They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant . |
| 19 | If we 're to help him get his magic back I 'm going to need to know just what he 's been up to . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's always rather difficult to know quite what they are looking for at ACCM and there are fashions in what is acceptable and what not . |
| 21 | It is natural to set out to look for something with a rigid set of requirements : to know precisely what we are looking for . |
| 22 | America has to know precisely what it wants to achieve in Bosnia — not just , vaguely , an end to the horror . |