Example sentences of "i know [Wh adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an hour when I must die , Nor do I know how soon ‘ twill come A thousand children , young as I , Are call 'd by death to hear their doom . |
| 2 | ‘ And moreover , could I know how long the prince would stay here ? |
| 3 | At least I know why now . |
| 4 | I know how compulsively generous my father was . |
| 5 | I know how badly I behaved that night ; but I was wild with jealousy . |
| 6 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
| 7 | Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim . |
| 8 | I know how desperately Wright wants to be looked upon as the natural replacement for Gary Lineker , and this is one of his problems . |
| 9 | I know how long he has been concerned about the aggravated taking of vehicles and the mayhem caused by young men in parts of Nottinghamshire over the past couple of years . |
| 10 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 11 | Vale boss John Rudge said : ‘ We had a bit of luck when that shot from Regis stuck in the mud but I 'm overjoyed for our fans because I know how much it means to beat Stoke . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know how much we have already put in up to the end of 1992 and I know what we could be asked for for 1993 , ’ Longuet said , but the size of the sums is to embarrassing for him to reveal them — but he did say they were incompatible with what the European Commission would allow and what French taxpayers wanted . |
| 13 | I know how much my godmother was worth . |
| 14 | ‘ I know how much all this means to you , finding Elaine . |
| 15 | Because I know how much it hurts you not to have children . ’ |
| 16 | I 've gone down hill since then , but she said you know these folks are hard when you 've been out of work for a long while , you 've got ta just get back up and fight again , I said , she said and I know how hard that is , but she said you know , if you can get it going and fit and get in , so |
| 17 | Hell , I wish I knew why though . ’ |
| 18 | So I said , are you coming over , I said , this could take minutes if I knew where exactly |
| 19 | ‘ That 's why I cried a bit when I scored , because I knew how much it meant to them . |
| 20 | ‘ When Orrin told us that you were missing , ’ he said , ‘ I knew how much we both love you . |
| 21 | Already I was wishing I 'd never been to see Angy , even though I knew how much being estranged from his family had hurt him and it would mean a lot to him to get the ring back . ’ |