Example sentences of "[is] [that] [pron] [adv] know " in BNC.

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1 The main problem is that we rarely know what we really want .
2 But , the strength of this particular is that we now know an awful lot of about one another .
3 The use of girls above ground increased after 1815 , but the truth is that we really know very little of the actual numbers of women working in mines .
4 In every competition , they believe the odds are against them and one consequence of this is that they always know that they have ‘ to be twice as good ’ and , as indicated in this book 's theme , ‘ try twice as hard ’ .
5 The scary thing is that I hardly know him .
6 One of the enlivening aspects of Alexeev 's temperament is that you rarely know what to expect .
7 The result is that you often know your grandchildren better than your own children ! ’
8 Tomorrow 's World presenter Maggie , 36 , said : ‘ One thing we have learned from alcoholism is that you never know what 's going to happen . ’
9 The trouble with trying to fool policemen is that you never know how much they know , which is always more than they admit .
10 As Colonel Gordon Wilkinson puts it : ‘ The big thing about services catering is that you never know what 's going to happen next .
11 And the trouble with ‘ sometimes ’ is that you never know when to expect it .
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