Example sentences of "knew [conj] [pron] [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already they knew that they were nearing the trees , for the burning Tower was low and far off . |
| 2 | Those of us who sat on the urban policies committee for a number of years seeing Moat devour and all the stoppages and problems there , knew that you were taking the wrong line . |
| 3 | Although I knew that he was getting the care that he needed it was so hard not to be able to hold and feed him , but only to sit and look at him lying in this bright , plastic container . |
| 4 | He glanced at Ho , and knew that he was thinking the same thing . |
| 5 | Dr Neil knew that she was speaking the truth about what had happened to her . |
| 6 | Since I knew that I was to have the privilege of addressing this seminar , I have studied with great textual care the document issued by the federation under the title Dear Fellow Citizen because it appeared to me that it was ‘ the brief ’ for what I was to say to you . |
| 7 | Because of the seriousness of the disease , interviewers knew whether they were approaching the parents of a case or control child . |