Example sentences of "i [vb base] how [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I know how fruit is harvested :
2 And I know how Frank felt about it . ’
3 ‘ Hugh Beringar has been with us , I know how things stand .
4 ‘ I reckon I know how Leonardo da Vinci must have felt . ’
5 ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ at least I know how Father Reynard died .
6 I know how women are .
7 I know how women hate trying to dress when they do n't know where they 're going , ’ he said , as though that explained it all .
8 ‘ And now I know how Joan of Arc felt ’ .
9 ‘ And now I know how Joan of Arc felt , ’ he oscillates mildly .
10 I know how Sam is going to feel , ’ she hissed .
11 I know how Sam is going to feel , ’ she said wistfully .
12 I think I know how Armstrong 's answer to this would begin .
13 ‘ Now I know how Enid Coley felt . ’
14 ‘ Because I know how nomes think , ’ said the Thing .
15 ‘ Now I know how Julius Caesar felt on the steps of the Senate before he was stabbed in the back , ’ Bettinson said .
16 ‘ Now I know how Julius Caesar felt on the steps of the Senate before he was stabbed in the back , ’ Bettinson said .
17 I thought to myself I know how Rachel can justify a second pair of shoes .
18 I know how context influences the effects of alcohol and realise this was a highly artificial situation , but it was still difficult to ignore the terrible predictability of the road to drunkenness : its fixed stages — a brief and seductive period of social effervescence and then the rapid departure of self-consciousness and the ugly appearance of righteousness .
19 But I know how Olivetti must feel .
20 I know how people disappear .
21 I know how Betty Higginbottom must feel .
22 In the Southern League Cup , first round , first leg , Buckingham Town , The Robins , they 're at home to Bury St Edmunds , and we 've always got one of these , now I know how Phil Angel feels on Saturday .
23 ‘ But , ’ he continued , ‘ I think I know how Selkirk and Ruthven died .
24 He says : ‘ People still talk about the shot from Kenny Dalglish that went through my legs at Hampden Park in 1976 when Scotland beat England , so I know how Bobby must have felt .
25 I tell how Niall saved Georgi , ’ she explained .
26 It was as if a subliminal message had passed between them ; as if she had said aloud , ‘ Look , I understand how things are between you and Alain Gebrec , but Iris does n't seem to and I do n't want her upset , ’ and as if he had responded , ‘ Do not worry , I will not say or do anything to hurt her . ’
27 I understand how beliefs create experiences in terms of ‘ the law of resonance ’ , or ‘ law of manifestation ’ — that is , reality manifests according to our beliefs and expectations , since like attracts like .
28 Being a photographer I understand how photographers can manipulate a situation ; I understand the game .
29 And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark .
30 ‘ I am powerful precisely because I understand how habit trammels the mind 's energy , d'ye see ?
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