Example sentences of "[subord] i know [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I have cast this account in the past tense in order to relate it to the developments of the late 1960s , although I know that much of this shape and many of these assumptions have survived .
2 This was obviously not a state of affairs which could continue indefinitely and , although I knew as much at the time , I could n't will myself into sleep .
3 Just so I know exactly what I 'm doing . ’
4 I could do a better job if I knew more about …
5 I could do a better job if I knew more about
6 If I know very little about the firm or the people in it , then , to reduce my uncertainty , I will invent my own snapshots of what to expect .
7 So if I know less about it than I should , whose fault is that ?
8 Everything is very different now , there are new considerations , and until I know exactly what is going on you 're not going to draw me on the subject . ’
9 We 'll build up until I know exactly what diseases all the kids have had , who has been vaccinated , and what home conditions are like . ’
10 ‘ I want to wait until I know more about the likely opposition .
11 ‘ I want to wait until I know more about the likely opposition .
12 ‘ But until I know more about which league we shall be in , there is no point in talking to players . ’
13 It was very tempting , but it would be stupid to go across now , until I knew more about the tides .
14 She 's probably picking one with Wendy , but she 's picked the wrong one with me cos I know too many loop holes !
15 ‘ I can not make it too abundantly clear that , under no circumstances whatsoever , will I support Mr Baldwin unless I know exactly what his policy is going to be , unless I have complete guarantees that such policy will be carried out if his party achieves office , and unless I am acquainted with the names of at least eight or ten of his most prominent colleagues in the next Ministry .
16 My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would have liked to be here this evening because I know well that he has been a tremendous support to my hon. and learned Friend and his family in many small and touching ways , which I know have been deeply appreciated .
17 I feel angry because I know even this war will eventually end .
18 You look forward to your meals very much , and I think you must have a cook with imagination because I know sometimes you have the same thing constantly and you get very bored by it .
19 So you can work it out now , how old I am Erm , what I do , is I run training courses and er , they are Management Skills Courses , they are not anything to do with insurances , because I know absolutely damn all about insurance .
20 ‘ I know precisely how much petrol I 've got because I know precisely how much I 've put in and precisely how many miles I 've been .
21 I believe what the Newcastle local authority tells me , because I know only too well how Gateshead has been affected by Government cuts which the local authority has been forced to implement .
22 I ca n't even claim to know what he would want done , because I know almost nothing about him .
23 Because I know perfectly well that there can be no sound evidence for such monstrous , silly accusations . ’
24 It would not be right for me to say that he was wrongly ennobled , because I know too little about him to be able to detect whatever surprising quality it was that commended itself to Harold Wilson for admission to the House of Lords .
25 I think it would be helpful for people who smoke erm , to think about just how very powerful a drug it is , because I know there have been studies done which show that it 's actually more difficult to stay off cigarettes than it is to stay off heroine .
26 I had the temerity to object to these insertions , because I knew full well from years of grubbing in the darker recesses of the phylum that the changes were in the mind rather than in the matter .
27 They were quite good days because I knew absolutely nothing about the music business , being at school , and he was my first boy friend who was n't upper class .
28 Later I found that Mains did not want me watching his team train ‘ because I knew too much about rugby ’ and would tell the opposition of his plans .
29 And because I knew too much .
30 That they were going and that nearly killed me , that nearly killed me because I knew then this was serious .
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