Example sentences of "[conj] i knew they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't think too much about this at the time , although I knew they usually only had money for their ‘ little pleasures ’ after they 'd done the washing and pawned it . |
| 2 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 3 | So thickly was the snow falling that I knew they could only just have been made , probably within the past five minutes . |
| 4 | ‘ I am carrying a load of wiring and electronic equipment so I knew they would be interested in it , but I am completely in favour of this type of search . ’ |
| 5 | I must have stood next to them in the Tube , passed them in the street , of course I 've overheard them and I knew they existed . |
| 6 | Rosa and Dolores were looking after the child in Palma and I knew they were due to return . |
| 7 | And I knew they 'd go up again on on Wednesday . |
| 8 | And so as I grew up er they knew me and I knew them and I was to need one or two later on , for various reasons , but er you could n't see it at the time . |
| 9 | And I 'll say this now , they was in business there , nextdoor , and I knew them like that , they says any machinery come here and use it , and they 'd got shears and all that sort of thing , and with their help , you know , I had these four locks and did them and took them down in no time to m to er , to and they was flabbergasted because of the quickness of them , you know , and they says er we can always find you sommat to work if er this is the case . |
| 10 | Ah yeah , the , the and I knew them . |
| 11 | ‘ Although if I knew them and I wanted a nice picture — smiling , arms around each other — I would call out to them , but not before I reached the third frame . ’ |
| 12 | The realist strategy involved comparing the description of the person with the subject him/herself or someone the subject was familiar with ; ‘ I also related a lot of the adjectives to whether they were like me ’ , ‘ … and rated the person as if I knew them personally . |
| 13 | I did n't think he 'd be cooking tonight cos I knew they were n't shutting the |
| 14 | cos I knew they were coming . |
| 15 | But I knew they were living in the past , knew too that there was no way that Allan Wells was going to beat me . |
| 16 | Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka . |
| 17 | But I knew they came from my convict , and I felt that having criminal friends made me more common than ever . |
| 18 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 19 | I did n't like to call out because I knew they were busy getting lunch . |
| 20 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 21 | Faintly I could make out , because I knew they should be there , the sculpted masks of Tragedy and Comedy above the central doorway . |
| 22 | And , and you think to yourself oh we 've seen everything , but I used to get pleasure in taking somebody to the potteries because I knew they had n't seen it and it would be like ooh , when they got there , you could see the shock , the surprise in their eyes when they went in there |
| 23 | And I thought they were going to the meeting er on Friday because I knew they were both off |
| 24 | ‘ It depends whether I knew them . |
| 25 | So I used to encourage his own poetry , and his ideas for poetic themes , even when I knew they were poor or did not interest me . |
| 26 | But his questions were at once crucifying me as much as I knew they were of help . |
| 27 | Gladly would I have been in the condition of dog or horse , for I knew they had no soul to perish under the everlasting weights of Hell as mine was like to do . ’ |
| 28 | Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you … |