Example sentences of "[verb] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Churchill , while being ‘ too much a man ’ to kick the PM on the ground , had agreed to send a letter to Downing Street demanding to know by midday on Sunday the exact position he could expect to hold in the government . |
| 2 | Jenna found that she did n't want to know , in fact she did n't want to know to an almost frantic extent . |
| 3 | She says , ‘ What do you want to know for ? ’ |
| 4 | What on earth do you want to know for ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If I were Newley , I 'd want to know for certain , even if I intended to go through with the deal . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ What do you want to know for ? ’ she grumbled . |
| 7 | ‘ What do you want to know for ? ’ she asked . |
| 8 | You 'd want to know at once . ’ |
| 9 | What will they want to know about my home ? |
| 10 | What will they want to know about me ? |
| 11 | What will they want to know about my health ? |
| 12 | Smash Hits will want to know about your make-up or your boxer shorts , Melody Maker leans towards aesthetics and primal therapy and the local Argus might just want to know a few biographical details and where your next gig is . |
| 13 | ‘ I know , I was making plans for my own wedding , but then you wo n't want to know about that . |
| 14 | Would she want to know about the flowering of the pink camellia and its glossy leaves , about the goat running away , about the double-yolked egg ? |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't want to know about it ; I do n't choose to discuss it ; I do n't admit it ! ' ’ |
| 16 | for instance , you may want to know about training , holidays or canteen facilities ( see p. 27 on gathering background information ) ; |
| 17 | Not only will you want to know about basics like salaries and pensions , but you will also want to find out as much as possible about the firm and its product and methods . |
| 18 | I did n't want to know about it . |
| 19 | After all , people do n't want to know about me , but about my books . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't want to know about men , really . |
| 21 | They give wrong information and then they do n't want to know about any queries or problems . |
| 22 | ‘ My father does n't want to know about you . |
| 23 | They will want to know about a childminder who fails to provide a safe environment or where children appear to be neglected or ill cared for . |
| 24 | You may also want to know about free condoms and clean needles etc . |
| 25 | I just do n't want to know about it , that 's not through money , that 's just through , y'know , f— , who cares . ’ |
| 26 | The kids did n't want to know about life outside Battle Creek . |
| 27 | Now , when I do something , I have to think what Bill Whyte would want to know about it and how can I explain it . |
| 28 | She had n't really believed it herself , not all of it anyway ; so when her mother started telling her that what Davy Treffry had said was more or less true , she wanted to put her hands over her ears and not listen ; she did n't want to know about the argument there had been between her father and her Uncle Harry ; she did n't want to hear about how they picked their wives by some silly fishing competition . |
| 29 | The the premise on this was what what do parents , and I know the words are wrong but at least it moved people along way er er er what do parents want to know about their youngsters ? |
| 30 | I shall want to know about it . |