Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [pron] know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at least my goals were clear and I knew what I wanted . |
| 2 | Our doctors were delighted for they knew they would soon need expert surgical help , but secretly they enjoyed showing the ‘ greats ’ who had little rooms adjoining each other on that top floor , the good work that had been done in ‘ the acute exanthemata . ’ |
| 3 | Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong . |
| 4 | Well no , now you see , now is , what 's happened is this tt we argued er the case after we saw the notice , but we only saw the notice about a week before it went into com into committee , so we 'd only a very short time to get everything organized , well we got letters and this petition , we sent it in to the council , Stanley came round and talked to one of the young men round our place , not like that , but he was saying oh we 'll do this , that and the other , but when he came round and now we know they 'd lobbied all the committee that were good and they knew it was gon na be passed , they knew before they went in it was gon na be passed |
| 5 | Yes , yes , yes and I would n't pay my rent because er ooh and I can tell you really the exact date when I er was pregnant because I know I quickened at the when it was first opened and er I was a waitress in the Room I think it was . |
| 6 | ‘ You 'll only waste it , ’ she said , and she was right and he knew it . |
| 7 | ‘ When I came back from town Rocky was asleep so I knew something was wrong because normally he 's rushing to be let off the chain , ’ said Mr Taylor . |
| 8 | It was risky and she knew it . |
| 9 | ‘ She wanted the world to know her life was perfect when she knew it was n't . ’ |
| 10 | For a moment Obispal was unwary and he knows it . |
| 11 | was okay cos you knew there was some heavy heavy organized er guys up there , who who had ammunition and who had had had they felt differently that time , I guess the guns would have come and the police station would have been attacked . |
| 12 | I was horrified because you know it 's like bringing blind people in , doing all this , but something like that , open day , whatever , that 'll be wonderful |
| 13 | ‘ Known him long ? ’ he asked , but his face was expressionless and she knew he was only making polite conversation . |
| 14 | I 'd been told the baby was semi-posterior so I knew I had to turn her into a more comfortable position for birth . |
| 15 | about ten past one , well I had indigestion all night and I could feel it , and we 'd had our tea and I thought oh I do n't know , but I went to bed feeling alright and suddenly I woke up I thought oh my god I 'm gon na be sick , I come running down stairs , but you know I was , I was sick but I know I had n't finished and I 'd sat down and I was sick three times . |
| 16 | It was astonishing that he knew he could do it . |
| 17 | In fact I was sure that I knew who it was , and I thought Mala must be too . |
| 18 | It was rough but you know it , it w it was petty things that we was in trouble for , not , nothing sin I mean we would never think of mugging anybody or vandalizing things for the sake of vandalizing . |
| 19 | The gesture was provocative and he knew it . |
| 20 | He had been standing large as life beside Lady Usk , and it was plain that he knew her identity . |
| 21 | He was annoyed and she knew it . |
| 22 | The President looked up and Trent was certain that he knew who he was . |
| 23 | but it was alright because I knew he was doing it did n't piss me off really . |
| 24 | The peer was silent but I knew he was following my progress intently because every now and then I had to brush aches from the surface of the uterus . |
| 25 | Or it may be argued that the documents contained the forged additions , but Ralph was silent because he knew they were forgeries . |