Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | And because he was sad , I put my hand on his shoulder , told him that I 'd known Billy to be a good little man ; funny , brave . |
| 2 | Through the years that I 'd known him , I 'd watched him grow in mind and body and now felt a twinge of pride that he had grown so well . |
| 3 | I WAS really only a bystander in the tragedy of young Mr and Mrs McLeod ; it was not really my business , although it could be said that I had known them both — had seen them about — for most of their lives . |
| 4 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 5 | It was the longest afternoon that I had known and it was worse when I heard the sound of tea being prepared downstairs for this made me even more hungry . |
| 6 | It was the end of my time in the Caribbean , of the sheltered , warm , family life that I had known there , and the beginning of a new and exciting era . |
| 7 | Halema turned to the Sheikha who said that I had known her well . |
| 8 | His anger was unlike any other that I had known . |
| 9 | And yet , when I came to know my associates , a far greater intimacy and sense of comradeship developed than I had known with any but my closest friends at school or university . |
| 10 | ‘ Although Stevie and I had known each other for a while we had never been romantically involved . |
| 11 | She had described them earlier and I had known what she meant . |
| 12 | I 'd have taken my overcoat if I 'd known . |
| 13 | ‘ If I 'd known what you were going to do , I 'd never have caught him . ’ |
| 14 | I used to take them home on quite a number of occasions if I 'd known that they lived in the immediate vicinity . |
| 15 | I just said it as if I 'd known it all along . |
| 16 | If I 'd known she was still at school I 'd hiv run . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do . |
| 18 | If I 'd known you were coming that would have been different ; I mean , bringing company . |
| 19 | And I 'm sure I would have left the club readily and earlier if I 'd known what he was going to say later . |
| 20 | With his hand pressed firmly to a creased brown , Spencer uttered : ‘ Oh man , if I 'd known you were gon na wear shoes like that , we would n't have been having this conversation … ‘ |
| 21 | ‘ If I 'd known what was going on in that house right under my nose … ’ |
| 22 | I would n't have opened up if I 'd known ; they 're a thieving bunch and they usually work in pairs . |
| 23 | If I 'd known how important it was about the house — I did n't understand until I got your note . |
| 24 | ‘ If I 'd known my score was 4998 not 496 I might not have runs at all . ’ |
| 25 | if I 'd known about that that would of great ! |
| 26 | If I 'd known , she thought — and stopped short . |
| 27 | Then , forcing herself , she put the thought into words : If I 'd known , I would n't have used magic . |
| 28 | Yet if I 'd known then that the cup was Undry … |
| 29 | ‘ If I 'd known I was that unpopular … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If I 'd known this a few days ago , it woulda saved a lotta trouble . |