Example sentences of "when [pron] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already this freedom has benefited him , and when I know of the good I have done him , I feel that freedom is the only way to greater purity … |
| 2 | ‘ That is an easy thing to say , ’ she observed to Hastings , who lay sleek in the sun , ‘ when I know how unlikely I am to fulfil it . ’ |
| 3 | I have no desire to pass on nasty stories about other people , not even when I know the facts of the case . |
| 4 | A trumpet arrives offering a million ducats and freedom : I 'm not going to surrender when I know I 'm going to win anyway — or at least get supplies to hang on until something happens to Zacco . |
| 5 | Miss Mair said : ‘ I 'll telephone you when I know when I 'm going . |
| 6 | Especially when I know an inferiority complex when I see one . |
| 7 | When I know how a lustful man may feel towards his neighbour 's pretty young wife I can understand a leer , but if asked what it means there is nothing I can say . |
| 8 | I 'm more satisfied in my mind when I know it 's clean . |
| 9 | I 'll tell you about it later , when I know if it 's a good one . ’ |
| 10 | How can I ever become a good painter when I know so little geometry and mathematics ? |
| 11 | I will be in touch when I know where I 'm at about all this . |
| 12 | How can I pretend to be Juliet — to feel Juliet 's love , when I know now what true love is ? ’ |
| 13 | I felt guilty — I seem to do that a lot , like when I could n't be with my parents when my father was dying , even when I know at an intellectual level that I do n't need to . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to hear the soft sighs breaking from you when I make love to you … why should I stop now , when I know that you want it , too ? ’ |
| 15 | It is most generous of you , when I know you need to keep your house warm too ! |
| 16 | I have so looked forward to it , making all the things with Matey , and thinking of what we shall do with the money we make — which is stupid really , when I know that I could so easily give them so much more — But that would be nothing , for what I have done with Matey has been done by me , and not by Papa , for that is what giving them his money would mean . |
| 17 | Particularly when I know they 're full of the most deliciously enticing goodies … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Everything 's nonsense when I know what you do n't want me to know . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Why ca n't I keep away from you , ’ he demanded , ‘ when I know damned well I have n't the right — ’ He did n't finish his sentence . |
| 20 | I never run when I know I could crawl . ’ |
| 21 | I am always mindful of the fact that 1 may move too far and pass such a spot especially when I know from previous visits that there are good numbers of zander in the area . |
| 22 | ‘ When I know myself , ’ he said , ‘ I shall tell you . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll ring you when I know . ’ |
| 24 | Doing it for her when I know I already know it . |
| 25 | While I 'm paying for your time , we 'll discuss whatever I think necessary , ’ and if that was n't enough to send her temper soaring , ‘ So , for a start , you can begin by telling me why , when I know as fact that two men at least hang their hat up in your home , you 're so intent — the glasses , the schoolmarm hairstyle — on living up to the Miss Frostbite label they 've pinned on you here ? ’ |
| 26 | When I know I could make valuable contributions to the business … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't see any sense in subjecting him to a hard race in the Gold Cup when I know that his blood has been wrong , ’ he explained . |
| 28 | Well yes well I mean it 'll be , be more beneficial when I know what it 's go er what sort of plan you 're going to present to me . |
| 29 | When things are normal … when I know Rose is all right … when I 'm free of this awful anxiety … then I 'll feel differently . |
| 30 | ‘ Now when I know the boys are preparing for another game and I 'm not there , I will miss it ; the familiar routine , meeting at the Petersham Hotel in Richmond on a Wednesday night , the late meal , the exchange of views as people come in ; the Thursday morning training , dashing round to golf or wherever in the afternoon , the team meeting in the evening , the Friday session , probably going to the cinema at night , the leg pulling , the nervous jokes on the Saturday of the game itself , the closing in from the outside world . ’ |