Example sentences of "know [Wh adv] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONE IN 50 Britons suffers from sugar diabetes and , despite 100 years of scientific study , we still do not know how it is caused . |
| 2 | I will probably post to the list once a week to let the non-fantasy types know how it is going . |
| 3 | I do n't know how it 's done . |
| 4 | ‘ They have got the banks peeling off and they do n't know how it 's going to operate … |
| 5 | Alright , if an innovation comes onto the market that enables a farmer to increase his output , alright , if that er , innovations that lies , lies outside of erm , sort of orthodox or traditional methods there may be a psychological resistance to actually adopting it simply because we 're a newfangled thing ooh , I , I do n't know how it 's going to , how it 's going to work . |
| 6 | They do n't know how it 's gon na work . |
| 7 | You do n't know how it 's helped . |
| 8 | Then even the moth will not know where it is going : and the most effective means of confusing someone else about where you are going is not to know yourself . ) |
| 9 | At least you 'll know where it 's snowing . |
| 10 | ‘ We do n't know where it 's going , ’ said Angalo , in a reasonable tone of voice . |
| 11 | But this if I may pick up on the point Mr made , how then do you assess the environmental impact of what you 're proposing if you do n't actually know where it 's going to go ? |
| 12 | G. does n't know where it 's coming from , but waves a hand in the direction of the houses , suggesting a pipe may have been wrongly connected , or a sewer has broken . |
| 13 | I do n't know where it 's coming from , and frankly , I do n't give a monkey 's . ’ |
| 14 | Mind , Gazzer does n't know where it 's hid . |
| 15 | I 've got shares in the company , but no one thinks to let me know when it 's sinking without trace ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know why it 's called a drift . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't know why it 's called . |
| 18 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 19 | The cat will see a bird and pursue it , to that extent knowing what it wants ; but it will not know why it is doing it , and to that extent what it is doing . |