Example sentences of "[adv] know [pron] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those years were not long enough to do what he had hoped to do for Durham , but long enough to know what needed to be done . |
| 2 | You are drawing upon a more ancient and powerful source of memory than me , or Huxley , or the boys , his sons , Christian and Steven — and God alone knows what happened to them . ’ |
| 3 | The Elves , who will never leave the material universe and do not know what happens to Men when they die , are embodiments of language-users for whom the breath-wind-spirit distinction would be meaningless . |
| 4 | Alice did not know what to say to this . |
| 5 | Robert did not know what to say to this . |
| 6 | It is just as unbelievable that the Ministry of Defence apparently does not know what happened to them afterwards , what careers they followed . |
| 7 | When at last she reached Lynne , she found a very angry confessor , and his ‘ full sharp words ’ are almost the last we hear of Margery ; we do not know what happened to her after her book was finished . |
| 8 | I do not know what happened to my companions , but I suppose they were all drowned . |
| 9 | I n-never know what to say to g-girls like that . |
| 10 | He hesitated , simply not knowing what to say to the elegant figure opposite him who was so evidently determined , and to whom fantasy seemed to be very close to ordinary life . |
| 11 | ‘ Breaking free from their past pain , not knowing who to turn to … they run from one nightmare into another . ’ |
| 12 | I was about fourteen and , I just knew I had to be a musician . |
| 13 | ‘ At the time I had no real plans but just knew I wanted to be in a group . |
| 14 | I think they were sent for their tea by Billingsley and his friends , and I 'll tell you something more , no one will ever know what happened to them , so forget it ! |
| 15 | I always knew I wanted to be a performer , and a performer gets to do whatever they want , so I started practising early . |
| 16 | ‘ They took the boy-child , and no one in Ireland ever knew what happened to him . ’ |
| 17 | I hardly knew what to say to this , so remained silent . |
| 18 | As a child she had not had time for many fairy stories and did not now know them to tell to her daughter again , but instead she showed her the pictures . |
| 19 | She instinctively knew what to say to people and whose hand to clasp hold of . |
| 20 | He does n't know what to say to me . |
| 21 | I do n't know what to say to Stewpid . |
| 22 | Really , I do n't know what to say to you . |
| 23 | They did n't know what to say to this so they said nothing and he stood there , grinning and rubbing his hands together . |
| 24 | I do n't know what to say to you . ’ |
| 25 | So erm you know , if you , if you er , do n't know what to say to your family to buy for Christmas , why not come and have a eyebrow trim and they can buy you a gift voucher for that ? |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know what to say to him , ’ she admitted . |
| 27 | I did n't know what to say to Barbie about Julie . |
| 28 | What did it matter that she did n't know what to say to him ? |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know what to say to him , ’ Luce confessed . |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't know what to say to him . |