Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] know [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For he 'd known she would n't go , that he was perfectly safe , that she was not the type to impose herself where she knew she was n't wanted . |
| 2 | I remember when I married him but I do n't remember when I met him , although I know it was just ten days between the two occasions . |
| 3 | They say , ‘ Thank you for playing the hymn , you did n't mention my name so although I know you were n't playing it just for me , I felt as if you were ’ . |
| 4 | Although I knew it was n't my fault , I always felt frustrated because I could n't do anything to help . |
| 5 | I answered , although I knew it was n't . |
| 6 | Although I knew it was badly sprained I did not feel it was broken . |
| 7 | I always stopped to look at it , although I knew it was much too expensive . |
| 8 | Joseph told me to fetch the doctor , so I ran to the village , although I knew it was too late . |
| 9 | I lowered my eyes once I knew he was all right . |
| 10 | Once I knew you were still … untouched … only one explanation made sense : that the Countess had some hold over you . ’ |
| 11 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 12 | But he was a most willing worker , and although she knew she was in for a tough day without him she offered her sympathy , and advised , ‘ Take an Alka-Seltzer and go back to bed . |
| 13 | She tried to remember the Hudson River as she had travelled down it by train , and the weather seemed constant although she knew it was n't . |
| 14 | ‘ That bloody bike , ’ she said , although she knew it was n't the same one . |
| 15 | Now that she knew they were there , they stuck out because they were obviously some different language . |
| 16 | It was something that she would never have thought possible and now that it had actually happened , now that she knew she was n't dreaming , she wanted it to last . |
| 17 | She tried to smile , attempting to indicate that she knew it was n't his fault , that he had n't known what he was doing . |
| 18 | She felt she could partially excuse his megalomaniac meddlings in her genes now that she knew he was mentally unstable . |
| 19 | Well Yvonne went into the private to get er a sister 's post and sh but she knew she was gon na do her midwifery , so she knew she was n't gon na stay there but when she went it 's become when she does her midwifery for the sister 's post , ah but she 's got experience has n't she when she 's |
| 20 | Once you knew they were there , you could not forget . |
| 21 | We 'd measured it , it were n't it was nineteen , so we knew it was n't |
| 22 | We had to like tell her about five times so they knew it was n't our room as we like took this guy in it was like books , everything was , there was so much crap on the floor , we had to get through to get to the radiator so that our next door neighbour could try and like stop it from leaking . |
| 23 | ‘ That place was a trap once they knew we were there . |
| 24 | Jenna was a bit surprised that Alain knew this man and the fact that he knew him was n't making him any more gracious , either . |
| 25 | Alan 's parents were perfectly civilized about the marriage , and Alan took considerable satisfaction in the fact that he knew they were rather shocked . |
| 26 | ‘ It is , ’ he mused evenly , and she had the uneasy feeling that he knew she was deliberately trying to change the subject . |
| 27 | When he did n't move or give any indication that he knew she was there at all — although he must have heard the car draw up and , unless he was deaf , the car door slam — she marched across to him . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Shouted that he knew I was inside . |
| 30 | Ossie Ardiles and Keith Burkinshaw came into our dressing room at the end and commiserated with us and I know they were not patronising me . |