Example sentences of "[conj] i do [adv] know how " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this sensation evaporated as soon as I looked out of the window , when I realized how imprisoned I was by my ignorance , which Aisha seized upon , exploiting the fact that I did n't know how to flush the toilet , work the shower , turn on the oven or boil the electric kettle to make tea , and that I could n't understand what her older child or her next-door neighbour said . |
| 2 | The truth was that I did n't know how to effect such an aim , and if I found myself eating any more than the minimum — that is , enough for me to remain undetected by the authorities-I considered myself guilty of backsliding , and had to punish myself by eating even less the next day or at the next meal . |
| 3 | It was of no importance to the success of my Superette that I did not know how Spratts Processed Peas were manufactured , therefore when running a football team it can be of no importance if Leslie and I do not know how many players it contains . |
| 4 | But she has no experience so I do n't know how she 'll make out . ’ |
| 5 | We have been dealing with an agent so I do n't know how he really feels . |
| 6 | It is too early to say why I lost and I do not know how big a part the race issue played , ’ he said . |
| 7 | The numbers coming to meetings can vary from 4 to 24 which is uncomfortable if a speaker is booked and I do not know how many will come . |
| 8 | It was of no importance to the success of my Superette that I did not know how Spratts Processed Peas were manufactured , therefore when running a football team it can be of no importance if Leslie and I do not know how many players it contains . |
| 9 | We are talking about costs and , as my hon. Friend will know , the cost of maintaining any aircraft , whether in the Royal Air Force or the reserves , is great , and I do not know how cost effective it would be . |
| 10 | Today we are considering a union of Europe , and I do not know how to relate to it . |
| 11 | The best we could hope for is that she 's had a brainstorm , and I do n't know how often that happens outside of books . |
| 12 | And I do n't know how he feels about Mother , either . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I wish to thank you , and I do n't know how . |
| 14 | I have never bought an aspidistra in my life , and I do n't know how they accumulate on the roof — offerings , perhaps , from the garden-boy who looks after it ? |
| 15 | Ernest Thesiger gave me that silly corkscrew and I do n't know how to use it . |
| 16 | She watched it keenly through opera glasses from the third row of the empty stalls , and I do n't know how the poor actress carried on under the circumstances . |
| 17 | ‘ You know I would n't take anything from that woman , and I do n't know how you can , Maria . ’ |
| 18 | Lamont 's decision not to tax the Royal Family is disgraceful and I do n't know how the Queen can sleep at night when her subjects are struggling in misery . |
| 19 | He 's older than his years and I do n't know how much longer he can last . ’ |
| 20 | To this day I know not how he chose ; no , and I do n't know how he should have chosen . |
| 21 | Half the world seems to have confidence and half the world does n't , and I do n't know how you make the jump from one half to the other . |
| 22 | Even then the kids were calling him Crazy Jake , and I do n't know how many bloody noses I got in the playground , fighting to shut 'em up . ’ |
| 23 | Er , nobody 's mentioned the religious bias yet , and I do n't know how strong it is in Edinburgh , but in , in Glasgow it is and if people are religiously biased they are ve , very often biased a about other things and I da , I think people should adopt an attitude of live and let live ! |
| 24 | So , in that respect I find , I mean I 'm , I 'm just gon na be making my first monthly pay packet and I do n't know how I 'm gon na manage . |
| 25 | And no doubt she thinks me strange beyond belief I am too tall , not handsome by this world 's standards , and I do n't know how to pay the pretty compliments a young woman expects . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Look , I 'm dying and I do n't know how . |
| 28 | The trouble is , I 've been longing to go to the loo for the past hour , and I do n't know how long he 's going to be ! |
| 29 | He says , roughly : " I 've thought it and thought it , and I do n't know how to say it . " |
| 30 | They , they , they did get me , and I do n't know how they got my number . |