Example sentences of "[pron] knew [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More so , however , I knew somehow that my friend was bolstering up his own natural fear of loss and dread of death . |
| 2 | I knew immediately that the pilot was finished and stopped firing . |
| 3 | So I knew immediately that he had never seen her . |
| 4 | It was something you could see , you know , I mean a lot of the things I knew anyway and knowing them is a different problem from actually putting them right . |
| 5 | But I think I knew unconsciously that the supposed crime was twofold : I was being punished for being female and for having grown up . |
| 6 | Also , I knew exactly where the orchestra 's deficiencies were . |
| 7 | I was looking forward to the film because there 's a beginning and an end , and I knew exactly where the character was going . |
| 8 | When the car stopped I knew exactly where we were . |
| 9 | I was glad that I knew exactly where Nigel was . |
| 10 | I knew exactly where it stood because one of our pampas bushes was there and , in the middle of it , a coloured ball of Tony 's . |
| 11 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 12 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 13 | I knew also that he was on drugs . |
| 14 | And I knew just where you 'd be and how you 'd be lying . ’ |
| 15 | I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action . |
| 16 | I was telephoned by the late Lord Plunket , Her Majesty 's Equerry , a man of exceptional charm whom I knew well and liked , who arranged the appointment and said diffidently , ‘ I hope you do not mind wearing a morning coat . ’ |
| 17 | It was delivered very secretly by a student of the Convitto Maria Luigia who travelled on the tram , and it had been given to him by another boy at the same school , a boarder whom I knew well and who lived in Fontenallato . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh hello , Celia , ’ she said and I knew instantly that something was wrong . |
| 19 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 20 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 21 | I think I knew already that she did n't take it seriously . |
| 22 | For what is being suggested is that I knew today and not yesterday , despite the fact that there was no difference between the two days that I could tell at the time . |
| 23 | As the crisis deepened and I came into the depression and withdrawal stages , I knew intellectually that God was still my friend , even though I did not feel it emotionally . ’ |
| 24 | It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound . |
| 25 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 26 | I knew better than to go in . |
| 27 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 28 | I knew better than to inquire . |
| 29 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 30 | Did I really think I knew better than the FO , full of clever people who were experts on British foreign policy ? |