Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb base] know how " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's wrong to underestimate erm i i it 's particularly initially , how , how positively reinforced it can , it can be around you erm , just this the idea of losing weight and that er you know , people will be wha , for whatever reasons are , either envious or they want to know how you can do it , they want to know , and particularly if it 's linked with exercise then it 's all very good things to do and you know , the media 's telling you and a , everyone 's telling that this healthy lifestyle that actually then goes out of control through being so controlled erm e e , there 's a , well there 's a thin line between it , being a very positive experience , and you 're suddenly buying smaller jeans and erm you know , it 's just everything is is feeding , if that 's the right word , this idea that it , that that it 's tremendous to be |
| 2 | ‘ So I want to know how the investigation is getting on . |
| 3 | She 's got thirty seven pounds ninety eight to spend , she gets that amount for every ten pounds , so you want to know how many ten pounds there are in thirty seven ninety eight , so you can write it out as a division sum or you can just move the decimal point . |
| 4 | There will be times when you do want to enter a date or time concurrently with the event being recorded so you need to know how to do this . |
| 5 | It is an ASTONISHING piece of equipment — and I long to know how to use other design and text layout programmes which can be purchased and loaded into it , but want to cast around for sound advice as the programmes cost significant sums each . |
| 6 | But say the figure had been erm fo he 's travelling at forty eight point three miles an hour , and you want to know how far he 's gone after twenty seven minutes or something , it 's a bit more awkward then so it 'd be easier to look it up on a graph . |
| 7 | It 's like a lot of things if you if you do know how to do them you think what 's the problem if you have n't |
| 8 | If you want to know how the bird 's eye in maple is formed ask a logger . |
| 9 | If you want to know how how far they can go , read The Leading Edge , an occasional bulletin published by the Nevada Aerial Research Group that generally carries at least 15 of the biggest stories in the history of mankind in each issue . |
| 10 | We are planning to get another newsletter out before the next one to give you all the details but if you want to know how to label the stuff before than give me a ring |
| 11 | This assumption is not required before you can assume that X causes Y , but it is required if you want to know how X is causing Y . |
| 12 | If you want to know how many units of alcohol you drink , look up the type of drink in the left column . |
| 13 | If you want to know how you 're doing with the other person , you need to ask . |
| 14 | Now what I said to you approximately two minutes to the side that 's fine if you want to know how many words , who kno , who knows roughly how many words in two minutes ? |
| 15 | If you want to know how I could tell that from the seventh floor , you have to remember I 'm supposed to be a detective . |
| 16 | If you need more information , ring Rape Crisis on 071-837-1600 ( do keep trying if you ca n't get through ) , and if you want to know how to set up a group in your area , write to Incest Survivors in Strength , c/o 34 , Margate Rd . |
| 17 | Erm , if you want to know how a advisers are paid , erm you know then I er would explain that under the terms and conditions of er 's business , we 're actually paid erm a salary by , and er I obviou obviously get er you know a car to get about in etcetera , but the , the , when we place business er the er commissions that we get , generate are paid to , they go down to head office in Bournemouth , they 're then used to give us our er our you know returns , advances and what have you . |
| 18 | For example , if you want to know how big a kiwi fruit is , I can outline its shape with my fingers , or show you another object which I believe has similar proportions . |
| 19 | If you want to know how I , and , incidentally , Joanna , are so sure that you and Robert love each other … well , it 's in your eyes when you talk to him , in the way he tenses up when he sees you — there 's a magnetism between you that is almost visible . ’ |
| 20 | And we want to know how far is it between Carlisle and Glasgow , between Manchester and Glasgow and between Euston and Glasgow . |
| 21 | And we need to know how it might happen that a population could occasionally cross from one side of the knife-edge to the other . |
| 22 | Types 3 and 4 are of direct relevance to us , and are discussed in some detail in the present chapter ; types 1 and 2 , on the other hand , are irrelevant , and we need to know how to exclude them . |
| 23 | Stroud grants that if we want to know how a third person can know the nature of reality , we might carry out a psychological investigation of his methods of information processing , and then compare the results of his reasoning with known facts . |
| 24 | It is important to realise , however , that what we have discussed in this chapter is relevant to the next chapter , since if we want to know how language is understood we have to be aware of the large number of different levels of processing which are involved . |
| 25 | And they want to know how it plunged into the river . |
| 26 | And they want to know how many 's going . |
| 27 | Then quickly turning back to her , she said , ‘ But I do know how he feels about you . |
| 28 | All that remains to be said is incised on stone , and the living go around silently with long faces and glances that mean ‘ I ca n't tell you how sorry I am , but I do know how you feel . ’ |
| 29 | But I want to know how this is going to affect people in the streets . |
| 30 | This is true for the estates of other corporate bodies like abbeys and bishoprics , but we need to know how common this situation was . |