Example sentences of "[that] [pron] know what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It never occurred to Robbins that there was any need to describe the internal culture of higher education ; it was taken for granted that everyone knew what it was , or at least what it should be . |
| 2 | These names are either prescribed by law ( wholemeal bread ) or clearly descriptive ( beef stew and dumpling ) or , in the case of fish fingers , the name has been used for so long that everyone knows what they are . |
| 3 | The purpose of the group meeting should be made clear from the start so that everyone knows what they are about , and what is expected of them . |
| 4 | I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought . |
| 5 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 6 | He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about . |
| 7 | The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ . |
| 8 | The difference is that I knew what I wanted and he did not . |
| 9 | Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation . |
| 10 | Well , everyone seemed to think that I knew what I was doing with a computer , so the shifts , the picket shifts were left up to me , any facts and figures needed , databases , addresses were left up to me . |
| 11 | With a new class I want the pupils to feel that I am in control and that I know what I 'm doing . |
| 12 | Anyway , now that I know what I 'm dealing with , we can get down to business . |
| 13 | Now that I know what I 'm looking for I 'll see if I can dig it out by other means . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You ca n't stand the fact that I know what you 're really like behind that ice-cool façade . ’ |
| 15 | And I find it hard to believe , because first of all you have to understand the word ‘ intelligent ’ in the way he meant it and I 'm not sure that I know what he meant ; and there are any number of ways of being intelligent . |
| 16 | You do as you are told and hope to God that someone knows what they are doing . |
| 17 | Then coming on to the end of Street next door was a milliners , now that nobody knows what they are today Miss the name was and then coming across Street to the other side was which was a drapers , and next coming down was Smiths the butcher 's shop , and next to that was the grocers , following on down there was the ironmonger , then there was the newspaper , and you come down to the White Hart erm then we come to the White Hart |
| 18 | Mr. Williams , the bank manager , said in evidence : ‘ before the charge was signed I would have to be satisfied that she knew what she was saying . ’ |
| 19 | The strangest part of the adventure was the feeling that she knew what it was about when , in fact , she did not know . |
| 20 | As for herself , she was uncertain she had ever had any , and yet , for all that , she sometimes joyfully felt that she knew what it was about . |
| 21 | I am sure that she knows what I mean . |
| 22 | So that you know what we 're off to do . |
| 23 | If there are possible problems and conditions that make the company worried about how a partner will cope make it clear that you know what they are and that they are not problems to you . |
| 24 | A vague statement to the effect that you would ‘ call the staff together and get them to sell more effectively ’ does n't carry much conviction , whereas an outline staff training programme coupled with precise incentives suggests that you know what you are doing , and is a great deal more persuasive . |
| 25 | Ensure that you know what you are going to do . |
| 26 | So if you work on the presumption then that that position is the preferable one , bearing in mind that you know what you 're doing but you do n't know what other people are doing . |
| 27 | LIFESPAN provides a tool to ensure that you know what you are inspecting , i.e. that no-one can modify the modules you are inspecting . |
| 28 | For these reasons , it is useful to know what the words , phrases and constructions are which regularly conceal presuppositions , so that you know what you are letting yourself in for when you use them . |
| 29 | If two of the family are chatting about something special , perhaps they could do it another time or alternatively make absolutely sure that you know what it is all about . |
| 30 | But it seems that , I mean , redressing a paper that you know what it says is one thing erm so something like Hillman 's Guardian , he knows what words they are going to use in those headlines and he provides them with a new look for saying those words in , but in many ways his redesign of that paper was erm it was an undynamic one in the sense that he was still providing them with elements which they could bolt together to make a page in a classic broadsheet newspaper way . |