Example sentences of "[noun] [that] [pers pn] know how [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Your forbearance is a weapon that you know how to use all too well . ’
2 I 'm well educated and I 've got two children and I can manage pretty well , there 's a number of much more essential things that I know how to do , but I ca n't do those ones , and when they come up I feel like weeping myself sick . "
3 When he was engaged in writing The Cocktail Party , he was asked how long he would devote himself to the theatre rather than to poetry ; he replied , " Until I can convince people that I know how to write a popular play " .
4 To make sure that none of the macho details went to waste , the full , inside story of Washington 's awesome display of military prowess was entrusted to Steven Emerson of US News & World Report , who had shown in the past that he knew how to treat a government ‘ scoop ’ with respect , and who could be relied upon to resist the kind of sceptical impulse that sometimes afflicts reporters with a wider readership .
5 Huy knew something about papyrus , having spent most of his life writing on it , and had managed to convince the man that he knew how to make it , without giving away too much of his true background .
6 I could n't wait to run home and tell my mother that I knew how to mix colours . ’
7 Gone are the days when guys thought it was girlie to be groomed , the new man of the 90's makes a noise about the fact that he knows how to look good and what 's more these guys now have more beautifying products than old socks !
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