Example sentences of "know [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know whereabouts it 's snapped . |
| 2 | We want to know how they came into existence and why they are so complicated . |
| 3 | I still like to know how they staple it . |
| 4 | I 'm anxious to know how they got on in the woods because Otley 's always nice going in and nasty when we 're coming out . |
| 5 | ‘ It would be interesting to know how they got it , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Both Betty and Lydia found this odd and wanted to know how they 'd managed . |
| 7 | This distinction can be limpid if the artist is directly interviewed , and the interview is verbatim ; but there are problems of evidence with filming and tape recordings , as well as with interviews , since the viewer or reader is unlikely to know how they have been edited . |
| 8 | ‘ Come on , Rachel , you 've been here long enough to know how they love anything like this , especially when it involves one of us or one of the management team . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Want to know how they did it ? |
| 10 | He wants to know how they live , how they think . |
| 11 | They can be irritatingly slow to publish , and it is often difficult to know how they spend their time . |
| 12 | To know how we speak . |
| 13 | We need to know how we feel about the sounds because if a certain accent or tone is anathema to us we often instinctively turn away from it , forget it . |
| 14 | It 's important to take time to get to know how we feel about sex , and what gives us pleasure . |
| 15 | I shall want to know how he knew when and from where that bomber was taking off . |
| 16 | None of the old toadies who run these places will accept credit cards , so it 's hard to know how he ran up an Access account of approximately £1200 . |
| 17 | They were burning to know how he had got on in New York , and Isobel asked him . |
| 18 | She did n't need to be Sherlock Holmes to know how he had picked up his nick-name . |
| 19 | He describes an extraordinary incident when , after top police officers had left , other men involved in the torture spoke to him , wanting to know how he had resisted . |
| 20 | He did not want his girlfriend to know how he had deceived her with another woman . |
| 21 | Local reporters were keen to know how he managed to carry out his civic duties , to which Mr Snyder replied blithely that fellow committee members sat beside him during screenings and gave a running commentary ‘ to fill me in when the screen goes silent ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ I would give anything to know how he died and when . ’ |
| 23 | I would give anything to know how he died and when . |
| 24 | His father , David Wilson , said : ‘ We want to know how he died . |
| 25 | If he compiled this piece of information himself we have the right to know how he did it . |
| 26 | If an author says that a third of the present holders of dukedoms in Britain have been divorced we want to know how he found this out . |
| 27 | I needed to know how you felt about the whole topic of drugs . ’ |
| 28 | There you are you see , that is a very definite skill , which she , you 're using an awful lot of that one , it would be interesting to know how you developed that that skill . |
| 29 | Ms K Brummitt from Birmingham is after a cheat for Dragon Ninja and wants to know how you get out of the factory in Robocop . |
| 30 | So next time someone copies what you are wearing , or wants to know how you got into shape — take it as a real compliment . |