Example sentences of "[coord] i knew he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At the record company party , on their hands a dead star at last , the sycophantic slags all say , ‘ I knew him best and I knew him well ’ . ’ |
| 2 | And I knew him better than anyone . |
| 3 | He had his little peccadilloes , the quaint and rather Machiavellian ways to gain his little ends , but he knew me and I knew him , and in essentials he made good . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I had known David for quite a long time ; we come from Cambridge and I knew him vaguely in the early days — I remember when he joined the Floyd in fact — and I 'd seen him socially over the years . |
| 5 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm his mother and I knew him . ’ |
| 7 | K has literally just rung over the moon that I had fixed this as her mother is very fond of David and has known him for years — and it is fitting that widow of first Prof of CEGS ( as above ) be included — her dad built up the department enormously and I knew him through European seminars etc via Law Society with and others including who is a Heriot Row neighbour . |
| 8 | So he finally they made him port captain for for Cunard and I knew him . |
| 9 | and I knew him when |
| 10 | Just because he came here in his working clothes and I knew he drove a lorry … |
| 11 | And I knew he knew it . |
| 12 | Then he holes the putt , and I knew he 'd won because he was three shots in front . |
| 13 | I never liked him and I knew he hated me . |
| 14 | My dear , he was holding it exactly as if it had been a squashed blackbeetle , and I knew he 'd been criticizing me all evening . |
| 15 | For all the senator 's affability he was a proud man and I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help and I also knew I could not refuse him . |
| 16 | He looked sad and I knew he did n't want her to leave but I also knew that he hated the constant uproar of quarrelling , so what was he to do ? |
| 17 | As far as I 'm concerned , I went to Hector because I knew him and I knew he 'd let me have a boat cheaply , and I 've used it since then — since the fifteenth — for pleasure , and now to come over and look my people up . |
| 18 | He grinned amiably , and I knew he meant exactly what he said . |
| 19 | Also Simon is one of my best mates and I knew he 'd buckle down with the right team if he was in with a chance of winning . ’ |
| 20 | It was none of my business , and I knew he could still feel the cold stone of that floor at the hotel while death hammered insistently just above his head . |
| 21 | If he was to walk in here today and I knew he was my stepfather , I would not think twice about putting a knife through him . |
| 22 | He was a good friend of John 's , and I knew he would be totally committed . |
| 23 | I knew the farmer who was hiding him , Signor Merli , because I had often met him in the bank , and I knew he was a very honest and reliable man who would never betray anybody . |
| 24 | I knew more or less where he was and I knew he had not been recaptured — that was all . |
| 25 | One look at Meadowbrook and I knew he was hopeless for us . |
| 26 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 27 | There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me . |
| 28 | I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part . |
| 29 | And I knew he wanted me to . |
| 30 | He thought : I knew this man , not well but I knew him . |