Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I was determined to show them I could take a joke and the next time a big stork went over I pretended not to know what it was called and asked my girl . |
| 2 | I used to go into a shop and I 'd shake and I 'd know that I was doing wrong and I 'd be really scared and I 'd just knew I do n't want to go to prison so I decide to stop it . |
| 3 | I 'd never known him believe in anything before , so it was an amazing novelty to find him literally staking his life on the principle of absolute patriarchal authority . |
| 4 | Round about four o'clock he did a thing I 'd never known him do since I got there — he started to play his guitar . |
| 5 | ‘ Not really , though I felt I 'd always known him . |
| 6 | I 'd always known he was going to die , and so had he , really , but when it happened — it was a long time before I could really face it . |
| 7 | Unable to say , Because I felt as if I knew you , as if I 'd always known you ; because your face was as familiar to me as my own , she replied weakly , ‘ Sometimes a particular face stands out . |
| 8 | ‘ I have never known a patient wait for 10 hours for an ambulance for an inter-hospital transfer — and I hope never to know it again , ’ she said . |
| 9 | See I do n't know what |
| 10 | But I know what to do I do n't know what you want me to do . |
| 11 | Nor can I , I do n't know what to do . |
| 12 | I do n't think I 'd I do n't know I do n't know what I 'd do . |
| 13 | Well you 've not shown me what you can do erm I do n't know you that well . |
| 14 | I do n't you see I do n't know my granddaughter . |
| 15 | But you see I , I do n't know I can see what you mean , but I do n't know whether a move would be the answer cos I think you 're if you 're gon na stay in teaching this is what 's gon na happen . |
| 16 | I do n't think I 'd I do n't know I do n't know what I 'd do . |
| 17 | ‘ I d-did n't know you had married her , Beckenham — I mean , Dacre . ’ |
| 18 | I stare ahead knowing I will be subsidising this cash loss . |
| 19 | Now , Michael Bolton was from my town , Newhaven , and this guy I knew just knew him , and he says , ‘ Michael , I got this kid I 'm thinking of managing ; tell me what you think of him . ’ |
| 20 | I do not know which of these criteria , if any , the Harvard linguists would use to justify their comments . |
| 21 | On the basis of interviews with prisoners in The Netherlands and England , Downes concluded that there was less ‘ depth ’ to imprisonment in the former , a parallel to John Howard 's conclusion two centuries earlier : ‘ I do not know which to admire most , the neatness and cleanliness appearing in the prisons , the industry and regular conduct of the prisoners , or the humanity and attention of the magistrates and regents . ’ |
| 22 | I do not know which company in their burgeoning hi-fi industry is responsible but they can be quite pleased with themselves on this evidence . |
| 23 | Additionally , carried away by enthusiasm that ought not to affect the judgement of experienced lawyers , they advised him , or agreed on his urging ( I do not know which ) , that he should issue writs for libel , which he did , with the disastrous effect that he actually accepted some damages from one publication before he was compelled to reveal the falsity of his assertions . |
| 24 | I do not know which figure is correct , although the Minister did not contradict my Hon. Friend in Committee . |
| 25 | There were two bridges over the R. Dovey ; I do not know which was the one whose state of disrepair forced the closure . |
| 26 | I do not know which gramophone company the Secretary of State works for , Mr. Speaker , but we hear the same old gramophone record every time he comes to the Dispatch Box . |
| 27 | I do not know what the sensuality of a man is . |
| 28 | I do not know what to do and sneak looks at everyone else , while the ‘ real ’ campers pause to stare as we sit on Karrimats eating supper . |
| 29 | Otherwise I would have been sent back to my country and I do not know what would have happened to us . ’ |
| 30 | Within this creed appear supportive rational arguments but also agnostic admissions , such as ‘ I can understand little about that mind ’ and ‘ I do not know what ‘ divine ’ means ’ . |