Example sentences of "[noun] and [pers pn] know how " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at her with those sensual eyes and she knew how Ma must have felt when she first met Pa . |
| 2 | We have seen the future and we know how it will work . |
| 3 | Erm it was actually somebody who came for an interview and you know how you sit in on the presentations when you do the group presentations ? |
| 4 | But er , you know , I mean , I know it 's only practice and you know how far you got ta be in front of the other whatever ! |
| 5 | And er so I said she dissolved into fits of laughter so after that she explained it by saying well I used to be a trainer and I know how I got to avoid the stock phrases . |
| 6 | You know they 're used to a household budget and they know how to manage on however X many pounds a week . |
| 7 | She was back in the present and she knew how best to fill every moment of it . |
| 8 | ‘ And after all , every player wants to be in a winning team and they know how much influence Gazza can have on a game to enable them to achieve victory . |
| 9 | Inside he knew he was very male : he wanted Carrie and he knew how he wanted her . |
| 10 | Terry hated having to make these tapes and we knew how distressing it was for him . |
| 11 | I know they get mouth rot and I know how to treat it , but I 'm not too clued up on their habits . |
| 12 | I 've learned the application techniques from the most talented people in the business and I know how to make the most of my make-up with the least effort and time . |
| 13 | I 'm doubly glad therefore to , to welcome their appearance and I know how difficult it has been and would like to praise all concerned for the intense nature of the negotiations which , which have gone on . |
| 14 | We do not want to hurt you , but as you can see , we have our guns and we know how to shoot . |
| 15 | I LIKED Kevin and I know how he felt at the start of the film . |
| 16 | When you 've had an industrialist as a father and you know how a business works , you ca n't expect farmers to ignore every business principle to be Green . |
| 17 | I am sorry that Gale Stanley lost her life because she could n't get a donor and I know how her mum and dad must feel . |
| 18 | We 've got a stupid bath and you know how long baths take . |
| 19 | The only other way over to the mainland is the basket lift and you know how horrible that is . |
| 20 | But a defiant Wilkinson said : ‘ We have had a few days of mourning after the European Cup defeat , but this match gives us another route back into Europe and we know how important it is to stay on it . ’ |
| 21 | He felt his heart contract in pity , Emily was a fine woman , he admired her composure and he knew how much the facade must cost her , she had loved her father dearly . |
| 22 | This was an acting voice and she knew how to use it . |
| 23 | I am a business man and I knew how marketable he was . |
| 24 | We can easily evaluate erm what we sell through the magazine because we 've got all the enquiries and we know how much uptake there was and |
| 25 | I was once in a ward with nine other people for a year and I know how , except when passed away , I know how that can really get on one another 's nerves and erm the individual needs that they will have I know will be erm so difficult if there are too many living in very closeness . |
| 26 | Anyway , they 're always falling off riding across country and they know how to fall . |
| 27 | But I am also a nurse and I know how vital the hospital 's research is . |
| 28 | She possessed power and she knew how to exercise it . |
| 29 | I appeal to the Government to think again , this is going down the wrong road , we do not need these appointed , these appointees appointed by the Home Office and they know how it 's done , they know this new method , but there is the list of the greater the good , and if there 's of course there will be a bias one way or the other arising out of the very method by which it is done . |
| 30 | The showmen were men of their time and they knew how easy it was to tell stories that would be sympathetic to the common man , that would condemn all truly evil men and their agencies , and yet at the same time would do nothing other than confirm existing social values . |