Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [pers pn] know [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm I 'm not so sure that he knew he was known as the last resort .
2 The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change .
3 The pain that tugged at the muscles of his stomach and chest was so intimately hurtful that he knew it was nothing but useless unspent emotion .
4 It was quite apparent that he knew he was a doomed man .
5 The laugh she gave was so dirty that I knew it was going to be all right .
6 But the moment passed , for there was something in her grasp of his legs that was so awkward , so inexperienced , and the pitch of her entreaties remained so anguished that he knew she was only doing what she imagined might persuade him to help her ; and a wave of self-loathing washed over him , that a woman like her could think of a man like him in such a light .
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