Example sentences of "[conj] i know what " in BNC.

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1 That 's that 's it until I know or I know what I 'm actually looking for in it I can run around chasing me tail all day which
2 Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third .
3 The difference is that I knew what I wanted and he did not .
4 I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought .
5 With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid .
6 ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’
7 Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation .
8 Clearly it was I who should have spoken these words , but already I had a feeling that I knew what the brown paper and the ribbed cardboard concealed , and I was n't going to say a word until time or circumstance compelled me .
9 He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about .
10 Well , everyone seemed to think that I knew what I was doing with a computer , so the shifts , the picket shifts were left up to me , any facts and figures needed , databases , addresses were left up to me .
11 The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ .
12 I remember thinking that I knew what painting was about at last . ’
13 I had been on one of these camps before so I thought that I knew what to expect .
14 Now that I know what is happening in my Discipleship Training School ( DTS ) here in Bolivia , I will try and let you know as well .
15 And I find it hard to believe , because first of all you have to understand the word ‘ intelligent ’ in the way he meant it and I 'm not sure that I know what he meant ; and there are any number of ways of being intelligent .
16 With a new class I want the pupils to feel that I am in control and that I know what I 'm doing .
17 ‘ You ca n't stand the fact that I know what you 're really like behind that ice-cool façade . ’
18 Anyway , now that I know what I 'm dealing with , we can get down to business .
19 I am not precisely sure that I know what the right hon. Gentleman had in mind on sentencing policy , but I am happy to engage in exchanges outside .
20 Now that I know what I 'm looking for I 'll see if I can dig it out by other means . ’
21 I 've been through both already so I know what I 'm talking about .
22 So I know what goes on in football clubs .
23 Tension just builds up and it builds up , and when you come out you say , ‘ Right , I 've got nothing to lose anyway , I 've been to prison so I know what it 's like .
24 I have been a supporter of this club since before the war , so I know what I am talking about .
25 Honestly , Les , this team is the biggest load of rubbish we have had here since I 've been a supporter and I started before the war , so I know what I am talking about .
26 I was once a student too , you know , so I know what I 'm talking about . ’
27 ‘ I was captain of Darlington for many years so I know what it is like in his job .
28 I 've watched Casualty on TV often enough , so I knew what to expect at the hospital : lots of furrowed brows and swishing cubicle curtains .
29 I 'd used dikes , DFs and things like that before , so I knew what I was getting into .
30 ‘ I had worked in recruitment so I knew what I was in for : it can be a nightmare . ’
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