Example sentences of "know [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know whereabouts it 's snapped . |
| 2 | Both Betty and Lydia found this odd and wanted to know how they 'd managed . |
| 3 | He did not want his girlfriend to know how he had deceived her with another woman . |
| 4 | He describes an extraordinary incident when , after top police officers had left , other men involved in the torture spoke to him , wanting to know how he had resisted . |
| 5 | They were burning to know how he had got on in New York , and Isobel asked him . |
| 6 | She did n't need to be Sherlock Holmes to know how he had picked up his nick-name . |
| 7 | Local reporters were keen to know how he managed to carry out his civic duties , to which Mr Snyder replied blithely that fellow committee members sat beside him during screenings and gave a running commentary ‘ to fill me in when the screen goes silent ’ . |
| 8 | they want to know how it 's spoken and that . |
| 9 | Besides I want to know how she has grown . |
| 10 | ‘ Ye do n't know how ye 've cheered me up . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know how they 've done it but the typography on the signs makes me want to pronounce the word Edin-burg , and I live in the place , for God 's sake . |
| 12 | Do n't know how they 've decided whose has got one . |
| 13 | I do n't know how they 've got the nerve actually , it 's quite terrifying just to watch it . |
| 14 | I do n't know how they came to send me there . |
| 15 | think were erm well to be quite truthful I do n't know how they managed to exist on it and have a little bit for the occasional treat , erm or to have a a packet of cigarettes or whatever . |
| 16 | I do n't know how they expect to get anything out of it . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know how he planned to explain the false name and why he was living at Pen House , ’ said Holmes . |
| 18 | I do n't know how he failed to score ( okay the keeper stopped it ) but maybe he should have wellyed it a bit more . |
| 19 | She did n't know how he had forced that admission out of her , she only knew it was something she had to say . |
| 20 | He did not know how he had got the door to this place to open . |
| 21 | And at the end of the first week he asked me how I would feel if we sold the domestic appliances businesses ( the most profitable part of the group at the time ) , and I said I did n't know how he had got to that so fast , but that it was fine with me . |
| 22 | ‘ Apparently all he said was that he did n't know how he 'd died , but it looked unpleasant . |
| 23 | I do n't know how he keeps going you know . |
| 24 | and I do n't know how he managed to fit it in er but some people manage it erm it means that sometimes you , you know , you 're very time limited on , on , on writing things and you do n't put in something that you feel does justice to yourself , you know , you put in what you think of as crap and , and you know mm |
| 25 | You must have given the driver some bribe , Edward , I do n't know how he managed to help me at all , he was terrified of being caught . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know how he 's got the neck to come back to these parts . ’ |
| 27 | I just , I ca n't wish , I do n't know how he 's stuck with fifty one years really do you ? |
| 28 | I do n't know how he 's stuck me |
| 29 | Those of you who remember Fred will know how he worked to start the British Pensioners and Trade Union Action Association as far back as nineteen seventy two . |
| 30 | I do n't know how I managed to turn the corner without bumping into something ! |