Example sentences of "that [pron] know what " in BNC.

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1 It never occurred to Robbins that there was any need to describe the internal culture of higher education ; it was taken for granted that everyone knew what it was , or at least what it should be .
2 So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined .
3 These names are either prescribed by law ( wholemeal bread ) or clearly descriptive ( beef stew and dumpling ) or , in the case of fish fingers , the name has been used for so long that everyone knows what they are .
4 The group assumes that everyone knows what the objectives are .
5 The purpose of the group meeting should be made clear from the start so that everyone knows what they are about , and what is expected of them .
6 It wants to make sure that everyone knows what harassment is , that harassment will not be tolerated and that there is a procedure for dealing with the problem .
7 Information can be given to each child separately ( either verbally or in writing ) , so that no-one knows what the others ' information is .
8 Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third .
9 The difference is that I knew what I wanted and he did not .
10 I fancied that I knew what he was thinking ; much like what Jack would have thought .
11 With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid .
12 ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’
13 Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation .
14 Clearly it was I who should have spoken these words , but already I had a feeling that I knew what the brown paper and the ribbed cardboard concealed , and I was n't going to say a word until time or circumstance compelled me .
15 He must have seen from my face that I knew what he was talking about .
16 Well , everyone seemed to think that I knew what I was doing with a computer , so the shifts , the picket shifts were left up to me , any facts and figures needed , databases , addresses were left up to me .
17 The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ .
18 I remember thinking that I knew what painting was about at last . ’
19 I had been on one of these camps before so I thought that I knew what to expect .
20 Now that I know what is happening in my Discipleship Training School ( DTS ) here in Bolivia , I will try and let you know as well .
21 And I find it hard to believe , because first of all you have to understand the word ‘ intelligent ’ in the way he meant it and I 'm not sure that I know what he meant ; and there are any number of ways of being intelligent .
22 With a new class I want the pupils to feel that I am in control and that I know what I 'm doing .
23 ‘ You ca n't stand the fact that I know what you 're really like behind that ice-cool façade . ’
24 Anyway , now that I know what I 'm dealing with , we can get down to business .
25 I am not precisely sure that I know what the right hon. Gentleman had in mind on sentencing policy , but I am happy to engage in exchanges outside .
26 Now that I know what I 'm looking for I 'll see if I can dig it out by other means . ’
27 You do as you are told and hope to God that someone knows what they are doing .
28 The thieves also went through my clothes and , although it sounds stupid , I hate the feeling that someone knows what underwear I 've got on .
29 Then coming on to the end of Street next door was a milliners , now that nobody knows what they are today Miss the name was and then coming across Street to the other side was which was a drapers , and next coming down was Smiths the butcher 's shop , and next to that was the grocers , following on down there was the ironmonger , then there was the newspaper , and you come down to the White Hart erm then we come to the White Hart
30 The strangest part of the adventure was the feeling that she knew what it was about when , in fact , she did not know .
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