Example sentences of "[conj] i know how [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 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’
3 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 .
4 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 . "
5 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 " .
6 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 .
7 I worked on farms for a while before I joined my present company , so I know how to handle a tractor !
8 I know they get mouth rot and I know how to treat it , but I 'm not too clued up on their habits .
9 And I know how to do that .
10 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 .
11 I could learn procedures and facts for a short time and I knew how to regurgitate them for examinations .
12 Though I say it myself , your mother and I knew how to throw a party .
13 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 ?
14 Let me perish if I know how to account for you or your humour .
15 For example , if I know how to wash a dish at the kitchen sink , how do I wash a dish at the table ?
16 This is going to upset me , but I know how to deal with it .
17 But I know how to make it better , too .
18 But I know how to get it back .
19 Cos also , I do n't mind , mind going on public transport as long as I know how to get there .
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