Example sentences of "know the answer " in BNC.

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1 I do n't always know the answers to the questions but I answer them anyway .
2 As for the problems , I often did n't know the answers myself ’ .
3 He was right when he said the question I would have to answer most was ‘ When do we reach so and so ? ’ … and if I were a regular waiter he said I would know the answers , even though we 're thirty-five minutes earlier everywhere than the regular Canadian . ’
4 But we reckon there are ten major life-deciding questions that you should know the answers to before you order the flowers .
5 We did not know the answers . ’
6 I do n't know the answers to the problem .
7 The NCT sessions encouraged everyone to ask ‘ daft ’ questions — the sort that do not seem daft if you do not know the answers — like how do I make up a nappy , how many sterilising tablets do I use for the bottles and what should we buy before the baby is born ?
8 I do not know the answers to any of these questions .
9 Ask them what they would do if they did know the answers .
10 ‘ The writer of this article lives a long way from Washington and would not know the answers to these questions . ’
11 ‘ You do know the answers .
12 Certainly Premack 's findings are under this cloud since Sarah 's performance suffered considerably when in the presence of a trainer who did not know the answers that she was supposed to give , and it would seem natural to expect that the more broadbrush methods of the gestural teaching would be equally suspect .
13 Typically , teachers ask questions not because they do not know the answers , but because they want to test their pupils ' knowledge .
14 We , we ca n't stand there in front of members and put ourselves in the firing line if we do n't know the answers to their questions .
15 I think you will agree that , if we knew about this , we would know the answers to a lot of interesting questions .
16 ‘ We 'll just have to make sure you do know the answers . ’
17 ‘ I do n't know the answers .
18 How can we know the answers if we do not even ask the questions ?
19 If you do not know the answers already , use this as a research exercise .
20 If you do n't know the answers , go and find out !
21 I do n't know the answers but I 'm gon na emphasize the point now .
22 I think we 've all got used to , with some products at least , asking questions about how green it is , whether it 's recycled paper , whether it 's going to destroy the ozone layer , as well as asking questions like what price is it , but if we 're going to decide whether one jar of coffee is fair-traded as opposed to another one , what questions do we need to kn know the answers to , to decide that .
23 You may not know the answers to some of these things at first , but there will be plenty of chances to discuss them later .
24 ‘ I do n't know the answers , ’ I tell him .
25 I shall never know the answers now , for these things are passed on only by word of mouth and are not written down .
26 ‘ It takes a lot of courage to confront these issues ; to ask yourself things you would rather not know the answers to .
27 Well you 'll know the answers wo n't you !
28 I mean I think that 's extremely important to allow children to erm you know play things out in the best way that they which is in a sense their way of coming to terms with things erm and to answer their questions as honestly as I can and to admit it when I do n't know the answers erm and also , I mean in our family we 've taken various actions to try to stop the war and we 've , you know , taken part in demonstrations and written letters and erm
29 If you do n't know the answer , do n't be afraid to say so .
30 As I accelerated my pace I asked myself what I was doing here , and I did n't know the answer .
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