Example sentences of "know [adv] what [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until then he 'd been expecting Blagg , and he might know exactly what he 'd left . ’ |
| 2 | Millar and Big Ben , winners of the World Cup in 1988 and 1989 , have almost the best draw of all , last but one , by which time the Canadian will know exactly what he needs to do . |
| 3 | Mr Lamont has already given some clues about what will replace his former failed policy , but only when we hear Thursday 's statement will we know exactly what he intends to do . |
| 4 | Haines , 50 , should certainly know exactly what it takes to run a multi-million-pound industry , having climbed through the ranks to become chairman of the United Sugar Merchants Association . |
| 5 | Now , to what extent could one move in that direction using a computer , which is a rather precise and definite sort of object that wants to know exactly what it has to do and how it has to do it ? |
| 6 | He was too tired to go to the window again , and did not know now what he wanted to see on the other side of the glass . |
| 7 | ‘ As you voted for me , ’ he told that turbulent Labour MP , ‘ why do you not support my authority or at least let me know beforehand what you intend to do ? ’ |
| 8 | It 's a hell-raiser with 24-carat cuff-links and rounded vowels , it 's a freshly squeezed orange juice with a large shot of vodka — and like a Mickey Finn , the beauty of the Bentley is that you do n't know quite what you 've let yourself in for . |
| 9 | It 's a horrible experience because the the through traffic goes so fast erm , so anybody who actually does n't know quite what you have to do . |
| 10 | Oh , my darling Dr Neil , you will never know quite what you have done for me . |
| 11 | America has to know precisely what it wants to achieve in Bosnia — not just , vaguely , an end to the horror . |
| 12 | you know so what he 's done |
| 13 | Not at least until we know exactly what we have got ourselves into . ’ |
| 14 | Because you know exactly what you 've got . |
| 15 | Before you begin , make sure you know exactly what you want done and consider taking professional advice from an architect or surveyor — a little money spent at this stage could save you a lot later on ; |
| 16 | You are advised to keep your answer to question 5 as concise as possible ( no more than a few sentences ) ; be sure that you know exactly what you want to say before you pick up the phone . |
| 17 | ‘ I know exactly what I have to do and I also know that Nick is the man we all have to beat , ’ said Couples , as he contemplated a Christmas musing over the Masters . |
| 18 | I know when what I have said is not logical |
| 19 | He was diffident , seemingly vague , declaring a lack of knowledge and ignorance of education and of teaching , and that he knew only what he had learned through his own work as a painter . |
| 20 | She knew just what she had to do , knew the music perfectly , could sing it in her sleep , but now she felt , for the first time in years , she could bring something of herself , her personality , into her singing . |
| 21 | Oh , if only she knew exactly what she did want ! |
| 22 | She knew exactly what she wanted to say but the words would n't come . |
| 23 | She knew exactly what she wanted to happen now ; she wanted him to hold her , tell her it was all right . |
| 24 | Very early on he knew exactly what he meant to do in art . |
| 25 | The issue of censorship arose again in connection with a license to print , which he was fortunate to obtain since he knew exactly what he had done . |
| 26 | He knew exactly what he had to do . |
| 27 | And now , to set the seal on this disastrous year , the member of parliament for Frizingley , old Charlie Bowen , who had been John-William 's man and Ben Braithwaite 's man and knew exactly what he had to do to earn the money they paid him , had fallen off his horse — the damned fool — and broken his neck . |
| 28 | From sketching the outfits she made to inventing designs of his own was but a short step and by the time he left High School he knew exactly what he wanted to do . |
| 29 | Polly laid her palms against the strong hard face she loved so much , knowing exactly what she wanted to do with the rest of her life . |
| 30 | He knew now what he had to do . |