Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [adv] know how " in BNC.

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1 It is too early to say why I lost and I do not know how big a part the race issue played , ’ he said .
2 The numbers coming to meetings can vary from 4 to 24 which is uncomfortable if a speaker is booked and I do not know how many will come .
3 It was of no importance to the success of my Superette that I did not know how Spratts Processed Peas were manufactured , therefore when running a football team it can be of no importance if Leslie and I do not know how many players it contains .
4 We are talking about costs and , as my hon. Friend will know , the cost of maintaining any aircraft , whether in the Royal Air Force or the reserves , is great , and I do not know how cost effective it would be .
5 Today we are considering a union of Europe , and I do not know how to relate to it .
6 The best we could hope for is that she 's had a brainstorm , and I do n't know how often that happens outside of books .
7 And I do n't know how he feels about Mother , either . ’
8 ‘ I wish to thank you , and I do n't know how .
9 I have never bought an aspidistra in my life , and I do n't know how they accumulate on the roof — offerings , perhaps , from the garden-boy who looks after it ?
10 Ernest Thesiger gave me that silly corkscrew and I do n't know how to use it .
11 She watched it keenly through opera glasses from the third row of the empty stalls , and I do n't know how the poor actress carried on under the circumstances .
12 ‘ You know I would n't take anything from that woman , and I do n't know how you can , Maria . ’
13 Lamont 's decision not to tax the Royal Family is disgraceful and I do n't know how the Queen can sleep at night when her subjects are struggling in misery .
14 He 's older than his years and I do n't know how much longer he can last . ’
15 To this day I know not how he chose ; no , and I do n't know how he should have chosen .
16 Half the world seems to have confidence and half the world does n't , and I do n't know how you make the jump from one half to the other .
17 Even then the kids were calling him Crazy Jake , and I do n't know how many bloody noses I got in the playground , fighting to shut 'em up . ’
18 Er , nobody 's mentioned the religious bias yet , and I do n't know how strong it is in Edinburgh , but in , in Glasgow it is and if people are religiously biased they are ve , very often biased a about other things and I da , I think people should adopt an attitude of live and let live !
19 So , in that respect I find , I mean I 'm , I 'm just gon na be making my first monthly pay packet and I do n't know how I 'm gon na manage .
20 And no doubt she thinks me strange beyond belief I am too tall , not handsome by this world 's standards , and I do n't know how to pay the pretty compliments a young woman expects .
21 But I I do you know I 've been back since but I just could n't find it now , but there it 'll be , but on the side of the er at , he used to preach at this mission , there was only him you know used to preach , and I do n't know how many other people were at , it would n't hold above er would n't hold above thirty .
22 Look , I 'm dying and I do n't know how .
23 The trouble is , I 've been longing to go to the loo for the past hour , and I do n't know how long he 's going to be !
24 He says , roughly : " I 've thought it and thought it , and I do n't know how to say it . "
25 They , they , they did get me , and I do n't know how they got my number .
26 As I said , not everyone was there yesterday and I do n't know how to contact the others .
27 I mean for me I I 've gone beyond hoping in a way I mean it 's just a question of keeping going from week to week and I do n't know how to measure success .
28 Got to be a member of the supporters club and I do n't know how many tickets we 've been allocated by Oxford .
29 And I do n't know how they do it .
30 Erm I 'm not happy with them and I do n't know how you get round it .
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