Example sentences of "know [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah but you , you did n't know I was in amazing pain though , I do n't think .
2 How did you know we were on that train ? ’
3 ‘ I did n't know we were on first-name terms . ’
4 It bore a French stamp and suddenly she did n't want to know what was inside that letter .
5 Did you know what was on this morning ?
6 ‘ Master Cook ! ’ he said , ‘ I do n't know what was in that flame pot of yours but it undoubtedly saved the day and many noble lives .
7 You know who was on that story ?
8 I know we were at one point .
9 Me ai n't know what was in that glance , but we moved in behind the police .
10 Ray Noorda , chairman of Novell Inc , and Unix System Laboratories Inc chief Roel Pieper visited Japan at the end of last week in an attempt to reassure shareholders and customers of their respective organisations , already , if not soon to become , joint shareholders , that life was proceeding as normal and that the future of Unix as the industry has known it was in good hands .
11 If they knew I was under that sort of pressure , they 'd stop giving me rides altogether .
12 I knew I was in great danger .
13 ‘ I knew she was on this wavelength , ’ Elinor said excitedly , ‘ I believed her right from the start . ’
14 It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned .
15 Claudia Yeo was feeling sick , but knew she was on secure ground .
16 And yet , like Anne Boleyn all those centuries before her , she knew she was in imminent danger of losing her head …
17 No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly .
18 Although Maggie could n't make out the exact words , she knew they were from both sides .
19 The assembled guests well knew they were after bigger quarry than hare or stag and it the small town of Kirkmichael , Mar , on Tuesday 6 September , formally proclaimed James King of England , Scotland and , as tradition required , France , a poor return for all the help the Bourbons had given to the Jacobite cause .
20 But three minutes later Captain Fuchs knew he was in real trouble when the unbelievable happened — the jumbo 's second starboard engine caught fire .
21 ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape .
22 She knew it was with good reason that she had brought her papers back across the lake that day .
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