Example sentences of "he know [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It assumes that he went round armed with a little pistol , or that he knew where to lay hands on one in the house . ’
2 He knew where to find Liza and the child now .
3 But at least he knew where to find electricity .
4 This sounds uncharacteristically bold but he knew when to take time off from his introversion .
5 He knew when to make use of his status , and when and how to temper its brilliance and make himself unobtrusive among a multitude .
6 He knew how to enjoy life .
7 He looked as though he knew how to take care of himself .
8 He knew how to upset actors and seemed to take a delight in it .
9 He knew how to extract ideas and information from people without ever making them feel sucked of vitality — because he never failed to give back as much as he took .
10 He knows how to use strychnine .
11 they say he knows how to take care of himself
12 While on his own home ground he knows how to do things , or how to get them done , beyond the boundaries of his home ground he knows , at best , only that he should comply with the rules without necessarily understanding why or precisely what all of the relevant rules are : he may simply go through the motions .
13 He knows how to handle situations and can plan ahead for things .
14 He knows how to make people laugh , without whipping them into such a state of excitement that they feel a keen sense of anti-climax when the host of the show comes on .
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