Example sentences of "but [pers pn] know how " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was my rest day but I knew how many aircraft had taken off , and as the sky lightened with the early summer dawn , we waited tensely in Hut 4 for them to return . |
| 2 | I 'd never read it but I knew how much I could have sold it for . |
| 3 | ‘ But I know how to get it back . |
| 4 | This is going to upset me , but I know how to deal with it . |
| 5 | But I know how many of my generation hated learning by heart . |
| 6 | But I know how Olivetti must feel . |
| 7 | Constanza is handling it lightly , but I know how shaken she must be by losing the ring . |
| 8 | No , but I know how many miles I know how many miles it is to Leeds and back . |
| 9 | But I know how you must feel . |
| 10 | ‘ But I know how to make it better , too . |
| 11 | but I know how |
| 12 | I could go on forever , but you know how good my predictions were . |
| 13 | ‘ Daisy looked lovely before , ’ said Sukey , plunging a knife into the yellow , red and green surface of the quiche , ‘ but you know how stuffy Brigadier Canford and Major Ashton are . |
| 14 | ‘ But you know how she always likes to be in the centre of things . ’ |
| 15 | We 'd like to keep the church open all the time but you know how it is today . |
| 16 | We 've been without a Marshal nearly four months — not that I ca n't cope , but you know how it is when half the boys we get are on National Service and by the time you 've begun to knock them into shape they 're ready to leave . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But you know how a stubbed toe hurts . |
| 18 | ‘ It would be hardly sensible on a quiet day , but you know how they run here . ’ |
| 19 | In principle he would like to do the movie , but you know how it is with agents . |
| 20 | Silly feeling , but you know how these weird ideas come and go in your head sometimes . |
| 21 | I 'm ever so sorry , but you know how it is . " |
| 22 | I do n't know how you 're going to get it , but you know how deep the shit will be if you do n't produce at least a hundred thousand pounds … ’ |
| 23 | But you know how it is , answerphones and stuff . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a lovely idea , Harry , and very generous of you , ’ Alice said warmly , ‘ but you know how proud Dad is . |
| 25 | But you know how it is , with one thing and another . |
| 26 | But you know how unreliable these estimates can be . |
| 27 | ‘ But you know how I feel about that woman . |
| 28 | But you know how you 've got a week |
| 29 | But you know how it is . |
| 30 | I always intended to visit him after the war , but you know how it is : things were difficult , I was confoundedly busy at the University , I did n't particularly want to see Viola again though you 've got to swallow the pill with the jam , have n't you , and there was no particular reason why I should n't see her again . |