Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [Wh adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't wait to run home and tell my mother that I knew how to mix colours . ’ |
| 2 | I 've got this watch with an alarm on it , so that I know when to take it . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not that there are two Nigel Mansells , it 's just that I know when to compete and when to relax . |
| 4 | I 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’ |
| 5 | You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time . |
| 6 | I 'm well educated and I 've got two children and I can manage pretty well , there 's a number of much more essential things that I know how to do , but I ca n't do those ones , and when they come up I feel like weeping myself sick . " |
| 7 | When he was engaged in writing The Cocktail Party , he was asked how long he would devote himself to the theatre rather than to poetry ; he replied , " Until I can convince people that I know how to write a popular play " . |
| 8 | I 'm er I 'm pretty clear what 's expected of me but not so certain that I know how to make it sufficiently interesting to achieve your undivided attention . |
| 9 | I agree that I have been reinforced ( although I 'm not sure that I learnt how to make coffee by operant conditioning — I suspect I copied someone , or was told how to do it — but that is a separate issue ) . |
| 10 | I worked on farms for a while before I joined my present company , so I know how to handle a tractor ! |
| 11 | I am not usually a forward sort of person as you know Elsie but I thought there had been enough talk about death enough of wanting bad bad things so I said why kill it it is not a fish for the pot . |
| 12 | I listen to their stories , and I know when to let them sleep in the shade . ’ |
| 13 | I know they get mouth rot and I know how to treat it , but I 'm not too clued up on their habits . |
| 14 | And I know how to do that . |
| 15 | I 've learned the application techniques from the most talented people in the business and I know how to make the most of my make-up with the least effort and time . |
| 16 | and I says why do n't you , no , but like |
| 17 | No , and I did n't do that until I read someone Niall 's and he had repeated flowers and I thought why has he repeated flowers and realised that in fact that it is necessary . |
| 18 | And they used to buy me new material to encourage me and I learnt how to sew from that . |
| 19 | Oh I ca n't tell you that I would n't never discuss things like that , until I got about twenty five , you know neighbours or not , and I said why did they call him ? |
| 20 | I could learn procedures and facts for a short time and I knew how to regurgitate them for examinations . |
| 21 | Though I say it myself , your mother and I knew how to throw a party . |
| 22 | ‘ I got too technical , ’ he said , ‘ and I forgot how to score . |
| 23 | For instance , we did n't have yardage books when I started , and I learned how to use them . |
| 24 | Places , I can tell you I know somewhere looking at them and I think where do I know you from |
| 25 | If I knew how to make copies of myself , I 'm not sure that I would give the project high priority in competition with all the other things I want to do : why should I ? |
| 26 | Let me perish if I know how to account for you or your humour . |
| 27 | For example , if I know how to wash a dish at the kitchen sink , how do I wash a dish at the table ? |
| 28 | In 1972 I went off to university were I could find no handle on art history until I read Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists ? and discovered that research could replace airy-fairy ‘ lack of genius ’ answers with concrete ‘ lack of education ’ answers . |
| 29 | If I 'm looking for anything I prefer to shop in , but if I 'm just browsing I do n't mind going like out of the town , down to or up to for a day but , if I 'm looking for something particular I prefer to stay in cos I know where to go . |
| 30 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |