Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [pers pn] knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved him so much that I knew it would be all right . |
| 2 | So you did n't see anyone much that you knew ? |
| 3 | Although we had we had warning that erm obviously that you knew the kids were gon na start a new season in September , you 'd start saving the money and a bill would come up . |
| 4 | It could be accomplished , I thought , by not worrying about the future , by taking things day by day , and our being perfectly honest with one another so that we knew where we were ; and loving . |
| 5 | So that we knew what pattern the tiles had been in . |
| 6 | In the latter situation subjects were given a cue prior to the stimulus presentation ( pre-cued condition ) so that they knew beforehand whether to report the inner or outer column or the letters printed in a particular colour . |
| 7 | With grave face and totally businesslike voice he began to talk about the beginnings of this place , of the way he had planned and discussed the enterprise , and how he had enabled the local people to be involved all the way through , so that they knew what he was planning , and they did n't feel threatened by him , but collaborated with him , knowing that it meant jobs , roads and plumbing and a higher standard of living for them all . |
| 8 | He had a clear , incisive mind and might be able to blow some of the cobwebs away so that she knew what to say to Amsterdam when the time came . |
| 9 | The universe inside her mind exploded her out from its centre of I and other beings poured into her so that she knew their inner selves . |
| 10 | He started keeping Fred and himself to timetables , so that she knew where she was , and cut out eating with Fred after the show or seeing him in the daytime at weekends . |
| 11 | So that she knew when he stood up and walked round to drop to his knees beside her . |
| 12 | And she drew his hand closer and laid her cheek on it , so that he knew she , too , was thinking of Bruges , when she had allowed him that right , and of Ghent , and of a place by a waterfall . |
| 13 | The driver was from the Colonel 's staff , and he had travelled ahead a full month before so that he knew the city , the back-doubles they might need and the side streets . |
| 14 | Mr Reynolds was also given information about the operation and what would happen to him afterwards so that he knew what to expect . |
| 15 | And then his mind cleared , and he was looking at the Robemaker and feeling contempt for him again , feeling as well , the dangerous , powerful white spears of the Stroicim Inchinn withdraw , so that he knew the Robemaker had again called up the Stroicim without giving any outward indication of having done so . |
| 16 | It felt as if he could see right inside her head so that he knew beyond doubt the minutest detail of her response . |
| 17 | And making a load of hay especially , you had to work it , roll every pitchfork you had , roll it and set it properly so that you knew as you now then you must have numbers on them so you know how to unravel that lot . |
| 18 | I could see , as he sang , the years drop away — so that I knew him : the young and hopeful singer , all the best to come , a bottle no more than something to be cracked among friends . |
| 19 | I 'd study too , so that I knew more about everything than the cleverest professors . |
| 20 | She had badly wanted him to kiss her , of course — so badly that she knew it simply must not happen … |
| 21 | The wind was high when I knocked at her door , and I heard a voice from within that I knew not what to make of , though it sounded like the lullaby of a Mother to her Baby . |
| 22 | It was just that she knew that there was something seriously wrong with her — something far more dramatic than a grumbling appendix or the normal after-effects of an operation . |
| 23 | Starkey said yesterday that he knew nothing of the move and as far as he was concerned he was still on Cacoethes . |
| 24 | I wanted to tell him calmly that I knew perfectly well that it was absurd and quite understood the point of his questions . |
| 25 | Mrs Patten was waiting with a grave face , and he could tell at once that she knew . |
| 26 | She could tell at once that he knew who her caller had been and , from his expression , that his intelligence was working overtime as to why the head of the Massingham empire should ring her personally . |
| 27 | It was his way of saying at once that he knew the worst of what was to come , and had only the details to learn . |
| 28 | I told her at once that I knew her secret , and made her promise not to send or receive any more letters . |
| 29 | It is dangerous to simplify law , but our understanding is that to convict someone of a serious crime like theft , we normally have to prove not only that they committed the alleged act , but also that they knew it was wrong . |
| 30 | to you on the phone that I had not seen the job and that I said yes alright knowing I had n't seen the job , also that you knew that I had n't seen it and if I did n't agree with it , then I was gon na change it , and I 've changed it ! |