Example sentences of "[verb] know [adv] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyhow , it is only natural that an angler specialising in better quality fish should want to know exactly what they weigh . |
| 2 | The situation has thrown me a bit and I shall be talking to him again because I want to know exactly what 's going on . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to know exactly what happened that morning . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd better have a good reason for all this , Lizzy , because I want to know exactly what 's going on with you . ’ |
| 5 | So we want to know exactly what the odds are , on this one . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to know exactly what you are doing here . |
| 7 | But I want to know exactly what 's really going on here . |
| 8 | Yes , I mean we obviously feel that there are people who ca n't sit and listen or watch continually , and people who do dip in and out , but they still nonetheless want to know exactly what 's going on . |
| 9 | We want to know precisely what funds the trust handles , where those funds are , and what regular income might be expected from the capital sum . ’ |
| 10 | A tenant needs to know exactly what a landlord can and can not do — and what legal rights there are if problems crop up . |
| 11 | The teacher does not need to know exactly what will happen and can not usefully plan a story line very far ahead , but should give a great deal of thought to the organisation of the lesson : How will groups be divided ? |
| 12 | It 's traditional in some ways but the brothers who own the hotel , Julio and Alfonso , have come to know exactly what the Club 18–30 holidaymaker is looking for . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | America has to know precisely what it wants to achieve in Bosnia — not just , vaguely , an end to the horror . |
| 15 | Elaine seemed to know instinctively what she was thinking . |
| 16 | Completely new to our Sale , he seemed to know instinctively what had to be done , and did it , swiftly , silently , strongly . |
| 17 | The Dodger , as usual , was winning easily ; somehow , he always seemed to know exactly what cards the other players had in their hands . |
| 18 | She seemed to know exactly what to do . |
| 19 | " They seemed to know exactly what they wanted . " |
| 20 | The following day , having asked some leading questions of our local newsagent — Mr Bales always seemed to know exactly what was going on in the terrace and was only too happy to share his knowledge with anyone who wanted to pass the time of day — I presented myself at the offices of John D. Wood in Mount Street . |
| 21 | He 'd known exactly what he was doing all along . |
| 22 | She 'd known exactly what she was getting into when she had applied for a job with the commodity brokers , McKenzie Dunton . |
| 23 | ‘ If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do . |
| 24 | If I 'd known then what I knew later , the envelope would have gone in with it . |
| 25 | Now he was going to know exactly what they meant . |
| 26 | I 'd like to know just what did happen when Hatton 's lorry was hi-jacked on the 15th of Marchand if they 've got any McCloys in their district . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd like to know just what frightened her . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what the emotional implications are of having a sexual relationship — the kind of problems you have or mistakes that get made , ’ says David . |
| 29 | ‘ Although I admit I 'd like to know exactly what those reasons were . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what goes on in that head of yours . ’ |