Example sentences of "but [pers pn] know [adv] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 2 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 3 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , we sent you away , Fergus , but I know now that we did not send you far enough . ’ |
| 5 | I still do n't know how Marianne found out about my father and my past — but I know now that you did n't tell her . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But you know already that he is held within the Dark Ireland and that he is captive in a deep and subtle enchantment . |
| 7 | But she knew also that his better self would struggle to serve her best interests and in its better moments was quite selflessly caring ; and so she had long ago ignored the pettiness , the commerce and the insult of the worse self . |
| 8 | If she were him she would want to , but she knew now that it was no use trying to put herself in his place . |
| 9 | But she knew now that he lived in a state near total despair , his life so meaningless he did n't know how to live it , his one certainty that he had to find Jake and Fincara . |
| 10 | But she knew now that she could n't . |
| 11 | She had always sworn to herself that she would never impose on her daughter 's marriage 2. ) but she knows now that she can not possibly decline an invitation to spend the rest of her days at her son-in-law 's house . |
| 12 | Constanza does n't know in which order the other two came but she knows now that she was first . |
| 13 | Agger thought these kind remarks helpful , but he knew also that they could hardly sweeten . |
| 14 | It was only later that he described the mistake as ‘ terminal ’ , but he knew originally that it was serious . |