Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] know how " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as you know how far it is to the line , and so long as someone is calling out the time to the start , you just need to judge your speed correctly . |
| 2 | You 've got to erm , I 've got to get well Dad 's got the form I can get another one he can , erm the forms have got to be in soon so she knows how many are going to be sort of on the walls you know . |
| 3 | This will have to be calculated carefully so that you know how many stitches to cast on . |
| 4 | Eliot by writing as badly as he knew how … . ’ ) |
| 5 | So he just smiled as enigmatically as he knew how , and pocketed the drinks key . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'll be released very soon now , ’ Zen said as reassuringly as he knew how . |
| 7 | They had won , as they will always have to , against the odds , but they did it by capitalising on their best players , by utilising every ounce of available experience and by trying as hard as they knew how . |
| 8 | A self-uglifying expression of humility — plus an elaborate show of stealthiness which is as good as saying ‘ Yes , I am late — and please pay attention to my performance of humbly not wishing to be paid attention to ’ , i.e. Here 's me entering as unostentatiously as I know how — so you can see how much I regret my rudeness ! ’ |
| 9 | She was furious because I would n't do what she wanted and paid me back as spitefully as she knew how . |
| 10 | I said to the orchestra , ‘ If there are discords we must always play them as beautifully as we know how . ’ |
| 11 | Now trick films were the sort of first visual magic that the cinema could produce and erm these , these films you would see for example a motor car disintegrate and then reassemble itself , this kind of thing , people 's clothes change , drop off and a new set of garments would come on , all this sort of thing , people 's faces would change , their environment would change , their chairs would collapse under them and rebuild themselves , this sort of thing which could be done relatively easily once you knew how to do it . |