Example sentences of "if [pers pn] know how " in BNC.
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| 31 | Erm , even if you know how much time you 've got left , you never how long they 're going to talk for . |
| 32 | So if you know how fast the beam is going , and that 's in fact the speed of light , then you know how far away the object is , and you can do this for the planets . |
| 33 | Jesus , if you knew how hard we tried to get her off that damned powder . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ You would n't speak like that if you knew how kindly I 've nursed you these last few days , ’ said Nancy . |
| 35 | Oh , Harry , if you knew how I 've longed for this , ’ she said in a breathless little voice . |
| 36 | Even if you knew how , I do n't suppose there is anyone up there most of the year to shoot against . |
| 37 | If you knew how terrible it is to know suddenly … |
| 38 | If you knew how many complaining letters I must write before I get the means to pay my men their dues ! |
| 39 | ‘ If you knew how bored I get trying to answer that same question … ’ |
| 40 | ‘ If you knew how ridiculous you look , standing there with nothing on and your finger up your nose . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ If you knew how much I 've been wanting to do this . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Lindsey — oh , Lindsey , if you knew how much I 've wanted to do that ! |
| 43 | If you knew how I 've longed to see you again , sweetheart — ’ |
| 44 | If we knew how it was produced , for example not by moving a pencil round on one end of a taut thread , but along one fixed at both ends , we could conclude that it really is an ellipse and not a circle . |
| 45 | Again , if we knew how the Euclidean curved space-times in the sum over histories behaved at early times , we would know the quantum state of the universe . |
| 46 | If we know how horses communicate , it not only makes it easier for us to understand them and look after them , but it also makes it possible for us to communicate with them more satisfactorily . |
| 47 | If we know how something behaves , we can sometimes guess how it works . |
| 48 | But if we know how many we 're seeing in a , in an age |
| 49 | It has much to tell us of how the local landscape has developed , and we can read the clues , if we know how to examine the building and its surroundings . |
| 50 | our mutual it helps them if we know how it works it helps us if we know what problems they encounter |
| 51 | However , if he/she knows how to read and write in his/her own language , by all means use this ability to save you time . |
| 52 | The young Lolita — the sexually precocious girl — is a familiar figure for most people ( although some might be horrified if they knew how young she can be ) and within the experience of most social workers . |
| 53 | If they knew how . |
| 54 | If they knew how . |
| 55 | it 's obviously a tame bird and I 'm not certain if it knows how to kill . |
| 56 | Kemp would talk about the land as if he knew how to live there . |
| 57 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 58 | ‘ Very , thank you , ’ she said , wondering what his reaction would be if he knew how she had spent the past hour . |
| 59 | He also described a call he had made later to his friend Hartmut Mayer of the BKA asking him if he knew how the bomb had been put aboard Flight 103 . |
| 60 | But there might , he thought , if he knew how to wait , be room some day for Iago Vaughan . |