Example sentences of "know what [pron] want [verb] " in BNC.

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1 First we have to know what we want to make .
2 Contrary to popular belief , you do not have to know what you want to do for the Careers Service to be able to help you .
3 You have got to know what you want to do , and to go for it . ’
4 The trick here is to know what you want to say and make sure that you say it .
5 The key to good writing is to know what you want to say .
6 It is important to know what you want to get , and how far you want to go .
7 If you believe , as I do , that miracles sometimes take place between the brain and the writing hand , that we do not always know what we want to write until we have written it , then you will be gratified when the unconscious makes one of its surprise and glorious forays onto the page and not seek to suppress what has been given without your asking .
8 I — I do n't know what they want to do with me . ’
9 They might not know what they want to do ; they might only feel they have a lot of problems .
10 Eighty-four per cent of the 711 men who are currently sexually active are confident they can let their partner know what they want to happen ; 9% are n't sure and 7% say they ca n't .
11 Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’
12 If you do n't know what you want to do , you can never judge whether you 've done it .
13 Then perhaps you will know what you want to do . ’
14 ‘ Do you know what you want to do ? ’
15 Just let me know what you want to do and we 'll put it together for you .
16 If you do n't know what you want to communicate you ca n't make anyone else understand .
17 I still do n't know what you want to look at , you want to look at what ?
18 If you have existing furniture and are merely re-doing a room , you will almost certainly know what you want to keep and what to replace — or re-upholster , re-cover , re-finish or re-paint .
19 You may know what you want to write but remain unsure about the ‘ rules ’ for getting your dialogue onto the page .
20 From the earlier document audit you will know what you want to produce , you also know what software you currently use and the skills available to you .
21 I do n't know what I want to do , besides going home .
22 Well I do know what I want to do , but it 's knocked me for six cos I sort of felt really guilty
23 Oh I do n't know what I want to do tonight .
24 because we know what we want to go beyond .
25 This assumes that we know what we want to enforce .
26 I never know what they want to know .
27 They know what they want to buy , rush into the appropriate shop , buy the item and end the shopping .
28 ‘ You know what I want to do — and I wanted to do it for Jimi 's birthday in his anniversary year , but it did n't happen — I want to get everybody that ever recorded with him , anybody who played live with him , get them all at a big reunion and go out and play Hendrix all night long — every song that I know , every song that we could possibly do .
29 The problem I 've got is is er I know what I want to do and you told me what are doing , so from that I have a good picture of what how I should approach it .
30 The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can .
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