Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] know how " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't wait to run home and tell my mother that I knew how to mix colours . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’ |
| 3 | 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 " . |
| 4 | 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 . " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just that I know how all-controlling you are . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | That I know how but I bought it |
| 9 | She told herself , now again , that she knew how to handle Papa . |
| 10 | At this point Suor Eusebia intervened and told them that she knew how to open it . |
| 11 | After all that had happened she was still unable to betray Peter — in fact , it was because of all that had happened that she felt she could n't be the one to give away the details of his difficulties , especially not to Marc , now that she knew how things stood between them both . |
| 12 | Now that she knew how despicable Robert Sheldrake was , she would fight him with every method at her disposal . |
| 13 | Let him assume that she knows how annoying it is and does it to annoy — if you know your job he will not notice the immense improbability of the assumption . |
| 14 | Just enough to make sure Okay , maybe not a difficult as that one was , just enough really to make sure that you knew how to do the calculations . |
| 15 | It is vital , therefore , that you know how to stretch properly and safely . |
| 16 | This will have to be calculated carefully so that you know how many stitches to cast on . |
| 17 | If you know what your aims are ; if you make sure that you know how to memorise and recall ; if your reviews are effective , with good concentration , you may feel yourself well on the way to becoming a successful student with a bright future . |
| 18 | We must assume that you know how to express yourself in sentences . |
| 19 | Your forbearance is a weapon that you know how to use all too well . ’ |
| 20 | How could I forget that you know how to do most things , short of open-heart surgery ? ’ |
| 21 | Are you sure that you know how to use the Ctrl and Alt keys ? |
| 22 | * Learn the " language " of examination and set essay questions , so that you know how to " speak " suitable answers ( pp. 15 – 17 ) . |
| 23 | When children injure themselves , it is important that you know how to give the right first aid treatment , quickly , quietly and with lots of reassurance to the child . |
| 24 | If you do not understand the instructions then write to the manufacturer concerned , it is very important that you know how much to feed . |
| 25 | It is almost true to say that we know how the genetic program determines the shape of a ribosome . |
| 26 | The media seem unwilling to publish anything that might challenge the certitude with which editors , politicians , judges and others insist that we know how to increase measurable intelligence or that test data ‘ prove ’ , to use The New York Times 's word , that a poor environment causes familial retardation . |
| 27 | But with any luck it will take them some time to realise that we know how to play it better than they do . ’ |
| 28 | If , as I have argued , it is normal and typical of human beings to have basic impulses to assist other creatures in distress , to find them appealing to view , and in some cases to enjoy their close proximity ( infants reach out naturally towards a puppy but get agitated by wasps or beetles ) , it does not follow that we know how to treat them . |
| 29 | No , but it means , it means that we know how we 've got to gear up |
| 30 | and computer science I mean , that 's where the answers all come , I 'm quite sure , I 'm just sceptical , that we know how much about it . |