Example sentences of "know [Wh det] [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at her in silence for several long moments , but instead of denying the accusation he said , ‘ As my acting hostess I expect you to know what they 're like , otherwise it will be impossible for you to explain that honeymooners expecting luxury suites with king-sized beds will have to settle for a roll in the hay . ’ |
| 2 | He did n't seem to know what they were in there for . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to know what she was like , and I want to clear up some questions which have been puzzling me and which do n't appear on the record . ’ |
| 4 | Their disadvantage is that the less exotic goods like fittings are rarely on display so you will need to know what you are after . |
| 5 | If you want to know what I 'm like , wait until we 're in a tunnel , and then study my reflection in the window . ’ |
| 6 | She does n't want to know what he 's like . |
| 7 | But you want to know what he 's like , in the flesh ? |
| 8 | oh leave it all cos nobody 's going to know what it 's about |
| 9 | To compare Raskolnikov 's haymarket with Kim 's bazaar is to see that Kipling has done all the work so that you do n't have to go there to know what it 's like at the level of vivid and varied description , whereas Dostoevsky leaves his reader with an impression which hovers between smell and vapour and dream . |
| 10 | Roberto offered Seve some great advice : ‘ You have to know what it 's like on these links . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to know what it 's like … what th'had to do every day . |
| 12 | So it is just as important to know what it is about your organisation that customers value so that you can promote it fully . |
| 13 | I do n't wish to know what it is to be mortal , thanks . |
| 14 | ‘ He wants to know what it is like in a jet , ’ said the Thing . |
| 15 | ‘ Would n't it be better to love like that for a little while than never to know what it is like ? ’ she asked herself silently . |
| 16 | I was really curious to know what it was like to have your collar felt . |
| 17 | And you want to know what it was like being fêted by the Stones and Led Zep , and how in ‘ 61 Bob Dylan got his first Greenwich Village pro gig with John Lee ( and was apparently pissed off because the man from the New York Times was far more interested in rapping with the bluesman ) , but he just says it was nice to be able to put young Bob on the bandstand . |
| 18 | Mazzin was out of there in a flash , laughing with his friends who seemed eager to know what it was like in the box . |
| 19 | I was dying to know what it was like . |
| 20 | I 'd let them know what we were like in here behind our austere surnames and our net curtains . |
| 21 | You 've got a tin so you 'll know what they are in Marks |
| 22 | Sometimes you do n't even know what they 're for , because the ad is just a cartoon girl taking the dog for a walk or something . |
| 23 | I just do n't know what they 're for . |
| 24 | ‘ How do I know what they 're like to live with ? ’ |
| 25 | Do n't know what they 're like ? |
| 26 | I do n't know what they 're like , I just |
| 27 | They did n't know what they were worth . ’ |
| 28 | Now I do n't know what they were worth and she was saying they must have been worth quite a bit cos they 're big detached solid houses are n't they ? |
| 29 | They 're called sandbags , do you know what they were for ? |
| 30 | yeah , yeah , I did n't know what they were like at seventy two it just said on window on one of them shops on Baldwin Lane |