Example sentences of "[that] [pron] know [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 It never occurred to Robbins that there was any need to describe the internal culture of higher education ; it was taken for granted that everyone knew what it was , or at least what it should be .
2 So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined .
3 These names are either prescribed by law ( wholemeal bread ) or clearly descriptive ( beef stew and dumpling ) or , in the case of fish fingers , the name has been used for so long that everyone knows what they are .
4 The group assumes that everyone knows what the objectives are .
5 The purpose of the group meeting should be made clear from the start so that everyone knows what they are about , and what is expected of them .
6 It wants to make sure that everyone knows what harassment is , that harassment will not be tolerated and that there is a procedure for dealing with the problem .
7 Information can be given to each child separately ( either verbally or in writing ) , so that no-one knows what the others ' information is .
8 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 .
9 The difference is that I knew what I wanted and he did not .
10 I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought .
11 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 .
12 ‘ 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 . ’
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about .
16 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 .
17 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 ’ .
18 I remember thinking that I knew what painting was about at last . ’
19 I had been on one of these camps before so I thought that I knew what to expect .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 With a new class I want the pupils to feel that I am in control and that I know what I 'm doing .
23 ‘ You ca n't stand the fact that I know what you 're really like behind that ice-cool façade . ’
24 Anyway , now that I know what I 'm dealing with , we can get down to business .
25 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 .
26 Now that I know what I 'm looking for I 'll see if I can dig it out by other means . ’
27 They have prepared me well , supported me through university , taught me the difference between right and wrong , so that I know which I am enjoying at any given time !
28 You do as you are told and hope to God that someone knows what they are doing .
29 The thieves also went through my clothes and , although it sounds stupid , I hate the feeling that someone knows what underwear I 've got on .
30 Then coming on to the end of Street next door was a milliners , now that nobody knows what they are today Miss the name was and then coming across Street to the other side was which was a drapers , and next coming down was Smiths the butcher 's shop , and next to that was the grocers , following on down there was the ironmonger , then there was the newspaper , and you come down to the White Hart erm then we come to the White Hart
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