Example sentences of "although [pers pn] knew that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I knew that he was getting the care that he needed it was so hard not to be able to hold and feed him , but only to sit and look at him lying in this bright , plastic container . |
| 2 | I agreed to marriage counselling but only if I could go alone , although I knew that going alone was a bit like filing fiddled expenses . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , although I knew that there would be no Castello di Blandings awaiting me — Eric had always gone to great lengths to tell me that his family was not at all grand or well-off-I said yes . |
| 4 | Naturally I was disappointed that the most notable name of which we could boast had to be excluded : and although I knew that he disliked re-reading his prose works , I was as sorry that he felt the essay to be below standard as I was to regret his later repudiation of After Strange Gods . |
| 5 | They knew nothing about him , really , although she knew that her husband was impressed by him . |
| 6 | Although she knew that , at best , her mother 's approval was qualified , Constance derived strength from the fact that at least she now knew . |
| 7 | It was difficult for Anne to hide her feelings but she said nothing , even to Sarah although she knew that her friend was puzzled by the situation . |
| 8 | Although she knew that he would n't wake , she turned the handle of the door as carefully as if expecting it to explode . |
| 9 | She did not add that it had blood on it , although she knew that too , having just read the forensic report . |
| 10 | She did n't recognise anyone in the shadows , although she knew that she must know several people from Monte Samana . |
| 11 | Although they knew that it was a volcano , it had been dormant for centuries , and they had no records whatever of any eruptions . |
| 12 | The judges who decided McLoughlin worried about the most accurate description of the principles underlying the precedent cases cited to them , although they knew that nothing in the explicit extension of any convention settled what these principles were or what weight they should be given . |
| 13 | Although he knew that they could not reach beyond the full extension of their chains , Frankie was never fully convinced that he was safe from them . |
| 14 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 15 | She did n't pick up the name Berowne although he knew that it was safely stowed in her mind . |
| 16 | Perhaps to keep herself in countenance she opened her notebook although he knew that she would not refer to it . |
| 17 | Yeltsin said that he had promised to go with them , although he knew that the Russian Supreme Soviet would not allow him to do so . |