Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] know how " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been in love and fallen out of love so I know how it feels to have been divorced without the formalities . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I played for and captained my country so I know how important it is and I would never stop anybody going . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | I worked on farms for a while before I joined my present company , so I know how to handle a tractor ! |
| 7 | I 've seen them three times this season so I know how tough it 's going to be . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Those " do n't come any closer 'cause you know how much I love you " feelings , Those " tell me that you love me , oh you did I got ta run now " blues . |
| 12 | How well she was coming to know them : the Mid-day Demon of Accidie who dulled her mind and drained the words of meaning ; the Seraph-Serpents , ever hot upon his heels , whose bite flustered her to panic and anxiety ; then , by dark , the Ochim — doleful screech-owls whose appetite always demanded more than she knew how to give . |
| 13 | You know a lot more words than you know how to spell do n't you . |
| 14 | You 've got to erm , I 've got to get well Dad 's got the form I can get another one he can , erm the forms have got to be in soon so she knows how many are going to be sort of on the walls you know . |
| 15 | The old fellow even came to see me , so you know how bad I was . |
| 16 | Oh , I suppose you 've been in love , probably several times , so you know how it feels to hold someone , and perhaps what I 'm feeling is what anybody feels when their life is startled and transformed . |
| 17 | And making a load of hay especially , you had to work it , roll every pitchfork you had , roll it and set it properly so that you knew as you now then you must have numbers on them so you know how to unravel that lot . |
| 18 | Just so you know how much time you 've got left , Lorna , I would like you off that table please ! |
| 19 | You can pack it up , but you can still see the front so you know how near you 're getting to the end of your job . |
| 20 | Now trick films were the sort of first visual magic that the cinema could produce and erm these , these films you would see for example a motor car disintegrate and then reassemble itself , this kind of thing , people 's clothes change , drop off and a new set of garments would come on , all this sort of thing , people 's faces would change , their environment would change , their chairs would collapse under them and rebuild themselves , this sort of thing which could be done relatively easily once you knew how to do it . |
| 21 | Vintage wines need not be complicated or pricey — once you know how to choose . |
| 22 | It 's not difficult , once you know how . |
| 23 | Moreover , studies of the spectra of the stars can tell us a great deal about their real luminosities , and hence about their distances ; once you know how powerful an object really is , and compare it with its apparent brilliancy , you can work out how far away it must be , provided that due allowance is made for complicating factors such as the absorption of light by material spread thinly through space . |
| 24 | once a , well once you know how to do it it 's easy . |
| 25 | The short answer to this question is that we do not know how homoeopathic remedies work any more than we know how the majority of orthodox pharmaceuticals work . |
| 26 | Dr Mortimer cleverly noted the cigar ash , so we know how long Sir Charles stood there . |
| 27 | We mark the bats , so we know how many there are . |
| 28 | Once we know how much risk people are willing to accept , we can help them pick the ideal scheme . ’ |
| 29 | To advise and be in solidarity with people affected by the legislation so they know how to deal with it ; |
| 30 | And they ought to form value of what , so they know how much it 's worth , what the company that 's gon na earn them the money want the money for the valuation . |