Example sentences of "[verb] know what [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though popular with patients , such a departure from traditional practice has been known to outrage consultants , demanding to know what the researcher is doing with their patients ! |
| 2 | If the only way to give the drama momentum is to allow through ( 1 ) an emergence of crude competition between the teacher and pupils or through the even cruder ‘ I 'm the baddy not to be trusted ’ approach of ( 4 ) , then she may have to abandon altogether her intention to open up ( 2 ) , the recognition by the townsfolk that here is an official who can not know and indeed who does not want to know what the cost of this decision will be to those of us who are faced with it . |
| 3 | And I would want to know what the health effects were on them of the conditions in which they had to work . |
| 4 | She does not principally want to know what the data signify in themselves but how texts reflect processes of communication , and how and why they were used to organise purposeful action , make valid claims , or to express feelings . |
| 5 | But I do think the minister er should er b be quite clear about that point er because er it may be of crucial importance , not just to the industry , er but also to the public interest who will want to know what the position is so far as er er these matters are concerned . |
| 6 | If you want to know what a man is really like , take notice of how he acts when he loses money . |
| 7 | ‘ If you want to know what a word means , ’ said my philosophy tutor , ‘ never look it up in a dictionary . ’ |
| 8 | I want to know what a kill joy is . |
| 9 | IF YOU want to know what the future holds for Europe 's financial markets , the best guess is usually to look at America 's present . |
| 10 | I want to know what the first three digits are . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I expect you want to know what the future has in store , do n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being treated fairly and I want to know what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 13 | I want to know what the difference is , and I want to know whether we need to take action or what ? |
| 14 | If you want to know what the messages are , you have to listen on Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday next week by the way . |
| 15 | So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that . |
| 16 | I want to know what the microphone is ? |
| 17 | He needs to know what a ghastly little prick the boy was . |
| 18 | Whatever the nurse staffing arrangements , each one needs to know what the patient has been told and what currently appears to be understood . |
| 19 | The therapist needs to know what the main problems are , what caused them , what maintains them , and what possibilities there are for change . |
| 20 | The other is that the investigator needs to know what the agent intended by and in performing the action : why this agent played this move in the ‘ game ’ . |
| 21 | Although a picture may be worth a thousand words the reader still needs to know what the picture relates to . |
| 22 | The company needs to know what the investment must achieve to produce goods which can be sold profitably . |
| 23 | You will therefore need to know what the value of your pension would be if you stay in SERPS or your company scheme , whichever is applicable . |
| 24 | Another thing that did come up at that training day the other day was that we all need a , a , a , anybody that 's going to do any sort of appraising will need to know what the erm training programme is |
| 25 | If your business is larger it takes more organisation and record keeping to know what the magic formula is for each customer . |
| 26 | I have found this useful advice , particularly if one wants to know what a word means in different cultures and groups . |
| 27 | In much the same way , Morgenthau wants to know what a fully rational decision-maker would do in order to start explaining foreign policy behaviour . |
| 28 | As was suggested at the outset , if one really wants to know what a particular field is concerned with at any particular time , one must simply observe what practitioners do . |
| 29 | It also wants to know what the position of Unix International , which it strongly supports , is going to be . |
| 30 | It also wants to know what the position of Unix International Inc , which it strongly supports , is going to be . |