Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] know [adv] what " in BNC.

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1 Rent a nice little flat somewhere where you know exactly what your outgoings are — where you know you 're not responsible for anything .
2 If other specialists are involved , a general briefing meeting will ensure that everyone knows exactly what is required of them .
3 Arrange a briefing meeting with representatives of the magazine and the sponsor , the author and the photographer to make sure that everyone knows exactly what is required .
4 The wind was high when I knocked at her door , and I heard a voice from within that I knew not what to make of , though it sounded like the lullaby of a Mother to her Baby .
5 It became clear from talking to parents that I had to see how what they said actually hooked up with their experience , the fine detail of it , and not to assume that I knew exactly what kind of lived experience lay behind a familiar form of words .
6 Do n't forget that I know exactly what you 're capable of ! ’
7 Just so I know exactly what I 'm doing . ’
8 But I decided fairly quickly that once the reins were in somebody else 's hands , and that somebody knew exactly what they were doing , there was no point in coming back . ’
9 ‘ Give what ? ’ she asked , although she knew well what he meant .
10 The third reading , for instance , was slower than the first , despite the fact that you knew exactly what you were looking for .
11 You are advised to keep your answer to question 5 as concise as possible ( no more than a few sentences ) ; be sure that you know exactly what you want to say before you pick up the phone .
12 First , be sure that you know exactly what is required , In some questions the statement of the conditions is deliberately written in a complex confusion .
13 So whi what I 'm trying to say to you is that you should have four sides of written text , whether it 's on two pages , three or four What I will do is go through the headings and give you a very brief description of that so that you know roughly what 's in them .
14 It would be a good idea to develop a formula for using this kind of programme so that you know precisely what kind of item you are looking for and , if you can arrange for a regular supply , you do n't need to spend a lot of time viewing it to work out how you are going to use it .
15 From London we would carry general merchandise back to Rotterdam — Every ship has a ledger to herself , and the manifest for every voyage has to be entered in it , so that you know precisely what the returns from each voyage are .
16 Very roughly , Fodor argued that this kind of blanket objection to representational theories of mind does not work against the mental-sentence kind of theory for the simple reason that we know just what it would be like for a system to work on the mental-sentence principle .
17 Then , when we actually visit that place for the first time , a subconscious memory is triggered and we are convinced that we knew instinctively what it would look like .
18 ‘ On average I suppose it 's fair to say that they are down here once every three months so we know exactly what they want and how to give it to them . ’
19 Before we do the role plays I 'd like to discuss them to sort of , so we know exactly what we 're gon na do .
20 Once we 've got all the scripts done , I think we should erm , allocate roles to certain people behind the scene , so we know exactly what we 're doing .
21 ‘ With travel or any other service , they should satisfy themselves that they know exactly what they are buying . ’
22 With travel or any other service , they should satisfy themselves that they know exactly what they are buying . ’
23 The ultimate decision will be taken by the court — and , do n't worry , I shall make very sure that they know precisely what type of person Janice really is .
24 The debate on commercial television remains one of the clearest examples of the Establishment in action in defence of one of its dearest illusions , namely , that it knows best what is good for other people .
25 He was sprawled in an armchair opposite and the expression on his face clearly told her that he knew exactly what she and Jennifer had been discussing .
26 He was diffident , seemingly vague , declaring a lack of knowledge and ignorance of education and of teaching , and that he knew only what he had learned through his own work as a painter .
27 The sergeant-major fought on the Somme , where he was awarded the Military Medal , so he knows exactly what you can expect when we eventually end up in France and have to face the enemy .
28 And I know exactly what I want .
29 God 's going to get me back to work … and I know exactly what I 'm going to do .
30 Dr Sommerville , accompanied by a group of junior doctors ( the National Heart was considered a teaching hospital ) told me : ‘ I was looking at your case notes yesterday evening and I know exactly what the answer is — a transplant . ’
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