Example sentences of "if [pers pn] know how " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I knew how I meant I should n't be asking you to design it , because that 's what design is , knowing how you mean . |
| 2 | If I knew how to make copies of myself , I 'm not sure that I would give the project high priority in competition with all the other things I want to do : why should I ? |
| 3 | CATHERINE I 'd be more pleased if I knew how you got in the door . |
| 4 | For example , if I know how to wash a dish at the kitchen sink , how do I wash a dish at the table ? |
| 5 | Let me perish if I know how to account for you or your humour . |
| 6 | Hell , if ye know how to use the stuff it can dae ye a power of good . |
| 7 | His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him . |
| 8 | ‘ I asked her if she knew how bloody much the train fare to Wolverhampton was . ’ |
| 9 | Ironically , Candy had reached her conclusions on pretty scant evidence — she did n't even know about the heated moments in Adam 's arms — if she knew how strongly Rory had responded to his touch , she 'd be completely convinced . |
| 10 | And he got out of there fast , before she could see it , some masculine fear in him that if she knew how he felt she would use his vulnerability against him . |
| 11 | She would n't be laughing if she knew how close she was to disaster . |
| 12 | I turn around to ask her if she knows how I can get home . |
| 13 | That lump of metal on wheels can actually be the most useful exercise machine you ever meet — but ONLY if you know how to get the maximum use out of it . |
| 14 | Tidy the boot and glove compartment as well , and , if you know how to , make sure that the car has enough oil and water . |
| 15 | If you know how to read the ocean , it is like looking at the stars : you can see what is happening not only far away but also long ago . |
| 16 | But they say it 's not very difficult if you know how , as it 's only a fun do , not affiliated or something , when you 'd get struck off or something terrible . ’ |
| 17 | Feedback is easier to accept if you can do something constructive once you have got it ; if you know how to develop yourself , you are more likely to welcome feedback when it is offered and also more likely to solicit it actively . |
| 18 | If , if you look in your books page one seven seven , you 'll see a beautifully illustrated instruction on how to do it , which you can refer to yourself this evening or later on in the course if you forget but I 'm now gon na show you how to do one as well , you , if you want to know it 's there for you to look up you take the bandage and fold it into your narrow fold band and put it round your leg , you 've got something to tie a reef knot round , okay ? if you know how to do a reef knot already fine , just do it , if you do n't , follow instructions . |
| 19 | It makes it much easier to understand how an advertisement appears in its appropriate medium , if you know how an agency works . |
| 20 | You can more than survive the twentieth-century diet ; you can flourish on it if you know how to make the right choices . |
| 21 | Erm somebody I know has asked me to er You know I do n't know if you know how they compile dictionaries ? |
| 22 | ‘ You 'll know how to pay , ’ Annie said , ‘ if you know how much to pay . ’ |
| 23 | There 's an art in carrying everything , which makes it easy , if you know how . |
| 24 | ‘ Not if you know how , ’ said Lili . |
| 25 | If you know how to use a large screwdriver you can swap over the bindings yourself . |
| 26 | Now if we do that then er if you know how to plan a burglary and we 're relying on you not to actually take this in |
| 27 | If you know how to write in some high-level language like Basic , Fortran or Pascal , construct programs |
| 28 | It might not be a frantically good i idea if you know how peculiar he is ! |
| 29 | Come on there 's some of the really silly ones left now if you know how to use them . |
| 30 | Okay it 's easy if you know how to do it , it is obvious when you know how to do it but if you do n't know how to do it it 's not that easy and it 's definitely not obvious . |