Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] knew [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 2 | Mr. Wilberforce and I agree that where we knew one instance of it thirty years ago , there are now a dozen or more . ’ |
| 3 | If , so far as the Continent is concerned , the Viking impact is essentially a West Frankish phenomenon , that is because the Vikings went where they knew moveable wealth was to be had . |
| 4 | Ordinary kids might go robbing or beating up old ladies , something like that ; I used to come down here 'cause I knew that was n't the right way to let out the aggression . |
| 5 | Although I knew most of these countries from my naval days , the perspective one gains visiting the coasts of a country as a sailor is very different from the view of the businessman . |
| 6 | The L N E R and L M S. And er I could see then that I knew that superintendent in the private days of the railways . |
| 7 | Mm hear that minute you said that I knew that but it never , it never I mean |
| 8 | And Elizabeth knew that I knew all about her , and she also knew that she was the only person I 'd ever written to for a photograph . |
| 9 | I called , and Crispin answered , so cheerfully that I knew all was well . |
| 10 | I began to feel he was mine , that I knew all about him . |
| 11 | It was years later that I knew all about it . |
| 12 | I felt that this was possibly a chap I should look at — quite apart from the fact that I knew little of him except that he had somehow or other got out of Holland and become the ADC to Queen Wilhelmina at the Dutch headquarters in London . |
| 13 | If we also assume that my neighbour assumed that I knew these facts about the world , and that I interpreted her words according to the co-operative principle , then we can also see why the way she actually phrased her request is not only true and relevant , but also brief and clear . |
| 14 | Not that I knew any foreigners , though I recall thinking that there were two kinds . |
| 15 | I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two . |
| 16 | Violet Sangston promised me that I knew most of the other guests . |
| 17 | Like , I 'd been to church , been to Sunday School , so I knew all the stuff in the Bible , but I guess I needed to envisage it … see it , in my own terms . ’ |
| 18 | Everything made sense once I knew that . |
| 19 | Even his appearance annoyed Benny , although she knew this was unreasonable . |
| 20 | What was it for ? ’ , and within two minutes the prize-winner will be believing that she knew all about him and had indeed been specially looking forward to meeting him . |
| 21 | That you knew each other when you were children , I mean , and what happened that summer . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was n't aware that you knew each other . ’ |
| 23 | It 's the news that we knew that 's all that it could turn out to be , but it was just waiting to hear for it officially and going all through these months . |
| 24 | He was great fun and loved Chinese food , which I adored , so we knew all the Chinatown speciality restaurants . |
| 25 | The initial interview indicated that they knew little about their drugs and 20% admitted to having a problem , some relying on others to sort them out ; some evolving a system which helped them ; and others omitting to take the drugs altogether . |
| 26 | Simpson could see that they knew each other much better than he 'd presumed . |
| 27 | I I I I 'm until you spoke to the collators department , they told you simply that they knew each other . |
| 28 | The Air Ministry firmly believed that fundamentally it was a question of pure navigation , and furthermore they were convinced that they knew one man who could lead such a formation to meet the planned Bomber Force envisaged by the Chiefs of Staff — but he was not even in the RAF , He was a professional Imperial Airways pilot with an international reputation — a host of " firsts " in world aviation events and , even more importantly , he was an outstanding navigator . |
| 29 | As she acknowledged the formal expression of thanks for the information she had given , she consoled herself with the near-certainty that they knew most of it already . |
| 30 | their throats were completely erm , full of worms , and they could n't get any more worms into those throats , so they knew these chicks were totally full , as full could be . |