Example sentences of "know [adv] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd like to know how his leg 's getting on . ’ |
| 2 | Yet more importantly , the upper levels of the program have no access to the levels below them : the programmer who writes at the topmost , or accessible , level has no need to know how his program is being translated , even though for certain purposes he might wish to find out . |
| 3 | She was interested to know how his lawyers would conduct his defence since he had made no denials of his actions and ideals during his London interrogation , but the prosecution case would come first . |
| 4 | Finch asserted that ‘ he would know how his master had lost every inch of it ’ . |
| 5 | We must know how his private life will affect that . |
| 6 | He could not know how his words had affected her . |
| 7 | And that set the scene perfectly for Hick , a man who does n't seem to know where his next Test run is coming from , yet bats like superman in the knock-about stuff . |
| 8 | And it would be very interesting to know where his travels take him — I 'm not talking about his yacht cruises when she is with him — and why they take him there . ’ |
| 9 | The great problem for any navigator was to know where his ship was : it was relatively easy to determine the latitude , which measures distance north or south of the equator , but it was much harder to find the longitude , or distance east or west of a fixed meridian — a line from pole to pole running through all the points at which the sun is at its highest at the same moment . |
| 10 | Kenneth Fulcher demanded to know where his wife was and confronted Kevin Leonard on the stairs of his home . |
| 11 | Instantly seizing her , he dragged her to the living-room , yelling and shouting , demanding to know where his wife was . |
| 12 | Mr wanting to know where his piece of wood is . |
| 13 | In reply to yet another question from the impromptu baby-sitter , he said that he did not know where his wife was , but he did believe that poor Maria had left him . |
| 14 | D' you know where his folk live ? ’ |
| 15 | He did n't know where his father got it from , but there was plenty of it . |
| 16 | With the minimum of props and the only gesture being a raised paw , he asked for the money for a cup of coffee , guv , sported a patch over one eye concealing a wound sustained in the service of his country , at the same time dragging a wooden leg fitted during the retreat from Moscow while maintaining that he had a bitch and five pups to support and did not know where his next meal was coming from . |
| 17 | Occasionally I 'd get up in the morning and there he 'd be in the kitchen , eating furiously , as if he did n't know where his next grub was coming from , as if each day was an adventure that could end anywhere . |
| 18 | Part of this may be because , as World Cup-winning captain Nick Farr-Jones says : ‘ He 's the sort of player whose brain does n't always know where his legs are carrying him . ’ |
| 19 | How do I know where his money comes from ? |
| 20 | Unfortunately , Dr Rydell ca n't yet test this idea as he does n't know where his bats roost in the spring and autumn , but his case is supported by the behaviour of another insectivorous bat , the parti-coloured bat , in Denmark . |
| 21 | ‘ I really do n't know where His Highness is . |
| 22 | It could be said that his attitude is as a result of his poverty but in chapter three we meet a young boy called Chuck Little who ‘ did n't know where his next meal was coming from ’ but who was also ‘ a perfect gentleman ’ and when he is contrasted to Bob Ewell 's son Burris we see that they are both in similar circumstances . |
| 23 | Oh no I do n't know where father I do n't know where his father was no . |
| 24 | He must know where his mother is . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't know where his purple |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know why his tail is like that , but the Percy Lion was erected to the lord of the manor by his tenants in gratitude for his leniency with their rents in a time of hardship . |
| 27 | He wanted to know when his name would be in the papers and if he could meet anyone famous . |
| 28 | They took it well , although Greg Downs will want to know why his defence did n't stop Nick Richardson from scoring . |
| 29 | ‘ You know how his family held on to their empire ? |
| 30 | ‘ I know when his birthday is . |