Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] know [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Game of Life not seeing things as they are is like not seeing the ball clearly when playing tennis , or not knowing where the white lines are . |
| 2 | They will probably not have spent any amount of time with a mentally handicapped person or really know how they behave . |
| 3 | But I ca n't see how any of them was physically capable of setting a trap like that or even knowing how to do it . ’ |
| 4 | People had been condemned without any rights to attend the tribunals , to have legal representation , to judicial review , or even to know why decisions had been taken against them . |
| 5 | As in every war men confronted with death who had forgotten , or never knew how , began to pray fervidly . |
| 6 | In the other compartment Sherry and Galef put a ‘ tutor ’ bird — one of the four that already knew how to open the milk containers — and a milk container . |
| 7 | ‘ I can not imagine a worse torture than not knowing how long your pension will be paid , ’ Mr Trench told a London news conference before they marched to Parliament to lobby their MPs . |
| 8 | Why invent a mystery force that magically knows how hard to pull on everything to make them go round the same path when you could say that everything has to go in that curved path because that is how the space itself is curved ? |
| 9 | Mannesmann promptly subcontracted the job , through a firm registered in super-discrete Lichtenstein , to one Bernard Paringaux , a waste handler who has lost his licence at least once , and presumably knows how to lose a touchy cargo . |
| 10 | The hours undergoing questioning at the police headquarters were an added strain ; but it had been an extra strain , too , waiting to be questioned , and not knowing when or if it would happen . |
| 11 | Contacting White Waltham for a QDM several minutes after he should have intercepted the Burnham VOR 280 degree radial ( and not knowing why he had n't ) produced the instruction to tune Heathrow Radar on 119.9 . |
| 12 | What I ca n't take is seeing you distressed like this and not knowing why . |
| 13 | According to the Commission 's National Survey of Countryside Recreation 1990 four out of 10 people in England and Wales are worried about trespassing on private land , getting lost and not knowing where to go or how to behave when visiting the country . |
| 14 | She knew without being told that Ana was walking in her sleep and she was filled with horror at the girl walking through the gate and beyond , perhaps waking late and not knowing where she was , unable to see . |
| 15 | Knowing that he was unquestionably going to die , and not knowing how or when , had been a strain , and the fact that it had been so much easier for him than might have been the case was a great relief . |
| 16 | Not having a good night 's sleep is the main thing and not knowing how long it 'll go on for . |
| 17 | It is likely that in these circumstances the rate of return on deposits will be less due to not identifying the surpluses earlier and not knowing how long the surpluses will exist . |
| 18 | Sometimes , as I sit alone in my flat in London and stare at the window , I think how dismal it is , how hard , how heavy , to watch the rain and not know why it falls . |
| 19 | Never before had she held a conversation with anyone like this , and she would begin a sentence and not know how to finish it . |
| 20 | It closes off the street half way and you know George Street is a commercial street erm delivery lorries will go up and not know where to turn round and come back or what entrance or exit they can use , and also because traffic ca n't use it it will simply put a terrific amount on another of the main streets , namely Beaumont Street . |
| 21 | ‘ The Family ’ relies very heavily on the teacher 's skill in realising the importance of listening to children talking and also knowing when simply to listen and when to listen and suggest or question . |
| 22 | to start and also to know when we end : |
| 23 | The Museum of Transport was pleased with the result and now knows where to come to drive out other pests and steer clear of further trouble . |
| 24 | Howard subscribed to the contemporary theory that the disease was transmitted by vapours ( it is , in fact , caught by man through the bites of body lice ) and well knew how much at risk he put himself each time he entered the noxious cells . |
| 25 | He decided to open his eyes , and immediately knew how God must have felt when he first observed his new creation . |
| 26 | Then place the cards face down in the position for ‘ Find the cards ’ and immediately know where to find each of the matching pairs . |
| 27 | It ai n't a street or nothing , but if I get there I might recognise summat and then know where I am . |
| 28 | She smelt the sea , mingled with the faint scents of grass and heath flowers , and then knew where she was : Starr Hills . |
| 29 | Put the Book on the altar and again know where your places are in church . |
| 30 | Put candles on altar where they usually go and again know where your places are in church . |