Example sentences of "want know [adv] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | You want to know why he 's coming . |
| 2 | They want to know why he was in Portugal . |
| 3 | And if he 's out — ’ she was reaching for the handkerchief in her apron pocket — ‘ I want to know where he is . |
| 4 | I want to know where he goes , who he meets … everything . " |
| 5 | I want to know where he goes . ’ |
| 6 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 7 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 8 | If an author says that a third of the present holders of dukedoms in Britain have been divorced we want to know how he found this out . |
| 9 | I want information , Millet , I want to know how he 's going to cope . |
| 10 | I want to know how he 's doing in general and where he needs a bit of encouragement . |
| 11 | His father , David Wilson , said : ‘ We want to know how he died . |