Example sentences of "know [Wh det] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The poor old souls like to know what one 's doing , ’ he explained to Jannie , as they jerked along in the traffic stream between aunt and aunt .
2 ‘ People should not read too much into every statement , but I now need to know what everybody is thinking , and I will not discuss anything with the media until I have spoken to the necessary people . ’
3 I do n't have to be in my usual internal listening-post to know what she 's thinking .
4 Need to know what she 's said — who she 's said it to .
5 ‘ She 's old enough to know what she 's doing . ’
6 I have the right to know what she is doing and , if she is having an affair , it has got to stop because it is driving me out of my mind . ’
7 I mean , shit , I got to know what he 's thinking , right ?
8 I want to know what he 's done with my dogs . ’
9 We have , for example , an electronics officer so unbelievably advanced in his speciality that none of your much-vaunted high-technology whizzkids in Silicon Valley would even begin to know what he 's talking about . ’
10 You know he 'd far prefer to have the cheap workforce that you could tell exactly and appear to know what he 's talking about , whereas the older men knew that he knew absolutely nothing .
11 He really you know made me feel I say I were n't sat there like I was with that fella thinking well he do n't seem to know what he 's saying anyway .
12 ‘ He 's old enough to know what he 's doing . ’
13 I 've always wanted to know what he 's doing with his hands . ’
14 It 's nice and cool inside the cellar , and not damp , though I guess it can only be just above the water table , and my father seems to know what he 's doing and is confident that the explosive has n't become unstable , but I think he 's nervous about it and has been ever since the Bomb Circle .
15 He seems to know what he 's doing on everything .
16 Absolutely but he 's up against the fact that nobody wants to know what he 's doing .
17 ‘ A more health conscious consumer wants to know what he is drinking . ’
18 The polarising thinker needs to know what he is to agree with and what he must attack .
19 The important thing for the pastor who sometimes directs and sometimes counsels is to know what he is doing and when .
20 We will want to know what he is doing to address the POA 's concerns about the operation of ’ fresh start ’ .
21 Your eagle eyes will have noticed that there is someone sitting in this room with a tape recorder , and erm , it 's it 's , should be quite interesting for you to know what he is doing .
22 More than any of the other major characters in the great story from Genesis to Kings Moses has a tendency to know what he is talking about .
23 You ca n't imagine what it 's like not to know what it is to meet an attractive person who 's also attracted to you , can you ?
24 It is easy enough to hold an opinion , but hard work to actually know what one is talking about .
25 He do n't even know what it 's called .
26 It 's a — do you know what it 's called , Thing ? ’
27 I do n't know what it 's called but there 's this bit where you go down on the floor like an anteater .
28 I 'm not su , I 'm sure I do n't know what it 's called , I 'm ashamed to say !
29 ‘ I do n't know what it 's called .
30 There is a rubber plant and another one — he does n't know what it 's called but it 's his favourite .
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