Example sentences of "know [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if I had n't met the people I 've met , I think I 'd 've been a very frustrated person cos erm , even though you can think of something , un unless , if you have other people you can go , if you say to somebody you could say , oh God , you know let's do this and this and this , or I think , really think this or this and someone else goes yes I do |
| 2 | Well I know let's face it , if he , if he was really convinced of the falsity of most it he |
| 3 | Mine went up with , you know let's face it if I was doing sixty mile an hour it would be doing just over six grand . |
| 4 | otherwise you could have him knocking on your door and you know let's give it a go and |
| 5 | I think to the top end , then those of you who were struggling around with D syndrome at moment , you know let's get you pushed in there . |
| 6 | This equivalence with the dominant " be aware " sense of know may explain the tendency for operative-sense know to occur in the perfective . |
| 7 | The electrical equipment overheats and then fuse as yo we all know should blow to cut off the supply of electrical equipment to that piece of apparatus . |
| 8 | I feel sure that someone I know must have been in there . |
| 9 | Then a number of things we ca n't follow in the fossil record , but we know must have happened . |
| 10 | Well Canadian you know might have been that his father was in the Canadian army in the war . |
| 11 | Now most people can struggle to know their postcode , but you know might know yours . |
| 12 | In the early stages we were we you know used to take phone calls and take them at face value , and we got a phone call like this . |
| 13 | But I I do you know I 've been back since but I just could n't find it now , but there it 'll be , but on the side of the er at , he used to preach at this mission , there was only him you know used to preach , and I do n't know how many other people were at , it would n't hold above er would n't hold above thirty . |
| 14 | Well well er Jimmy you know used to go down to learn to read the music . |
| 15 | Yeah , yeah , you know used to phone up and you used to think well what have you phoned up for , cos you end up talking |
| 16 | I know used to work in the curry shop . |
| 17 | Erm and I you know would welcome a response from the County Council on on that point . |
| 18 | When they come to live and work in England they expect no language difficulties such as they know would await them in , say , Panama or Cuba . |
| 19 | Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment . |
| 20 | ‘ If I was a big lonely dog , ’ she said to herself , ‘ I know would want a friend . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I tend to keep quiet about it — otherwise most of the women I know would want me to draw up their horoscope ! |
| 22 | Would of been right , you know would have been a nightmare , expected to all over the place . |
| 23 | Do you know would have happened , but you know would have happened , right , erm Bernard do you mind if I smoke ? |
| 24 | ‘ Most men I know would hang a title round their necks for the whole world to see ! ’ |
| 25 | Some people I know would revel in being able to say they looked straight down the barrel of a loaded gun . |
| 26 | ‘ Next time I come , I 'll bring one or two gowns that I know will fit you . ’ |
| 27 | That is , teachers will take a stance that they know will damage their careers in order to uphold a principle about how the school should run . |
| 28 | Good players have a large vocabulary of patterns that they know will give them an advantage ; these are the ‘ ends ’ . |
| 29 | If you 're fighting Dwarfs , who you know will stand around a lot waiting for you to come and get them , then a few rounds of bolt fire from two or three machines can soften them up nicely . |
| 30 | Yes , it 's just that quite right , we have n't got a fund , a major fund raising event now until July , unless anything else of , you know , smaller crops up and our two street collections we know will bring in quite a lot of money . |