Example sentences of "[conj] i know [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggie made no reply to this , and the child remained quiet until it was evident that she recognized the entrance to the area , for she exclaimed , ‘ Oh ! now I know where we are . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't really know where I , or I know where I 'm going but I have to take the troops with me I had er , I got you see what is parts of a I A P compact certificate it might in fact , if the boss would let me do , if I could do an industry in December right ? |
| 3 | Instead , now that I knew where she was living , I contacted my solicitors and instructed them to start divorce proceedings . |
| 4 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 5 | I could n't wait to run home and tell my mother that I knew how to mix colours . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not that there are two Nigel Mansells , it 's just that I know when to compete and when to relax . |
| 7 | I 've got this watch with an alarm on it , so that I know when to take it . |
| 8 | ‘ And when you see Bellybutton , tell him that I know where his brother is , and I 'll pick the bastard up whenever I choose and then feed him head first into a cane-shredder . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ So I ca n't say that I know where your mother is or why she left . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’ |
| 11 | When he was engaged in writing The Cocktail Party , he was asked how long he would devote himself to the theatre rather than to poetry ; he replied , " Until I can convince people that I know how to write a popular play " . |
| 12 | I 'm well educated and I 've got two children and I can manage pretty well , there 's a number of much more essential things that I know how to do , but I ca n't do those ones , and when they come up I feel like weeping myself sick . " |
| 13 | I 'm er I 'm pretty clear what 's expected of me but not so certain that I know how to make it sufficiently interesting to achieve your undivided attention . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just that I know how all-controlling you are . |
| 15 | You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time . |
| 16 | That I know how but I bought it |
| 17 | I 've been in love and fallen out of love so I know how it feels to have been divorced without the formalities . ’ |
| 18 | He says : ‘ People still talk about the shot from Kenny Dalglish that went through my legs at Hampden Park in 1976 when Scotland beat England , so I know how Bobby must have felt . |
| 19 | I played for and captained my country so I know how important it is and I would never stop anybody going . |
| 20 | I was vividly aware of the far reaching and vast contribution that Basil had made to education , to values , to the good influences of the Authority on teachers and children , colleges , schools and students , and I am of the privileged few who were able to work with Basil in the early days of struggles , so I know how much , how very much he did — So I felt that at least he had fulfilled — as nearly as we can ever judge — so much of his life 's work even to the developments in his own personal creative medium — and this must be a comfort to you as well as to us who knew him as a friend and colleague . |
| 21 | When she saw the post of maid in general to Esther Ward advertised , she used all her powers of persuasion to convince Tilly that it would only be for a very short time : ‘ Just so I know how he is … how my daughter Beth is faring . ’ |
| 22 | I worked on farms for a while before I joined my present company , so I know how to handle a tractor ! |
| 23 | I 've seen them three times this season so I know how tough it 's going to be . ’ |
| 24 | I played against Wayne Biggins , who had a tremendous game , so I know how much I 've got to learn to compete at the highest level . |
| 25 | I shall think of you at Christmas , the more so as my own father died one Christmas Eve , and Richard 's wife in the week before Christmas , so I know how it feels to have sadness at that time . |
| 26 | Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim . |
| 27 | But I can see that you are bewildered , and I know why . |
| 28 | I 've no doubt you 'll ‘ take care of me ’ … and I know why , you canny bastard ! ’ |
| 29 | " but I know what 's going on , and I know why I 'm here and why you 're here . |
| 30 | And I know why , Merrill thought derisively . |