Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] to know [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Except I want to know where they from . |
| 2 | We are pensioners with no help from Income Support so I want to know why we should pay for these people , a lot of them are much better off than we are and can afford to smoke and drink . |
| 3 | ‘ So I want to know how the investigation is getting on . |
| 4 | Hereward 's own background needs clarifying in case there are other people who wanted him dead.Dersingham , and by extension Vanessa , might have a motive , so I need to know where he 's got to in his search for a putative heir . |
| 5 | ‘ At first Eadred tried to bluff , claiming Sir John was a local landowner , but then he confessed that Santerre was funding Abbot Bere 's construction of the crypt but told me if I wished to know more , I should ask either Sir John or the abbot . |
| 6 | The situation has thrown me a bit and I shall be talking to him again because I want to know exactly what 's going on . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'd better have a good reason for all this , Lizzy , because I want to know exactly what 's going on with you . ’ |
| 8 | For the next couple of weeks while I get to know how the station works I shall be like your shadow , Fran , but you 'll have the comfort of knowing that it 's all in the line of business . ’ |
| 9 | It was a considerable while before I came to know more Tory politicians and acted as an adviser , not to the party , but to a great many Tories . |
| 10 | And she seemed flustered when I demanded to know where she 'd been when I 'd been gassed right next to the ship . |
| 11 | I reach for the dictionary when I want to know how I should use it . |