Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] know [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east . |
2 | I did n't like Mike , ’ she says , ‘ I strolled in and he did n't like me , he was at that age when he did n't like people if they did n't look cool so I hated him because he used to be really sarcastic and I did n't know him well enough to realise that he was only messing . |
3 | I did n't know him well enough , I mumbled . |
4 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
5 | I did n't know him personally and I I would n't recognise him . |
6 | I did n't know him very well and I despised him for being well behaved and creeping around telling stories about me . |
7 | ‘ As far as I know he did n't have enemies or friends either , but I did n't know him very well . ’ |
8 | She said nothing for a moment , then : ‘ I did n't know him very well . ’ |
9 | ‘ I did n't know him very well , I 'm afraid , ’ says Cryer . |
10 | I did n't know him very well but , yeah , anyway he erm |
11 | But I did n't know him very well but er he was , you know , seemed alright like I 've got nothing bad to say about him . |
12 | Alice Mair said : ‘ I did n't know her either . |
13 | ‘ I did n't know her well . |
14 | ‘ I did n't know her well , but — somehow one had got used to her . ’ |
15 | ‘ If I knew I would n't be asking you , and if I did n't know her inside out I would have said she was worried about something . ’ |
16 | I was just a care assistant then , and I did n't know her too well at that time . |
17 | Although of course I did n't know her very well or for very long . |
18 | ‘ So I did n't know her very well . |
19 | ‘ Well , I did n't know her personally but the other night like , I think it was her that we seen on the Woodham Road . ’ |
20 | And it and this , the one , the last one was just after I left so I did n't know her , I knew her to look at but I did n't know her personally . |
21 | ‘ I did n't know her then , ’ he said , repressively , uneasily conscious that he had given Francesca no thought at all that day and did n't much want to think about her now . |
22 | I did n't know her then only later . ’ |
23 | I did n't know them personally . |
24 | I did n't know what else to do . |
25 | I 'm so sorry to cause such a lot of trouble but I did n't know what else to do . ’ |
26 | ‘ And I brought a tin of biscuits for the children , I did n't know what else … |
27 | ‘ I did n't know what else to do , ’ he said in a low tone . |
28 | ‘ I saw it at the doctor 's on the board — an ’ I wrote it down after last week — I did n't know what else to do . |
29 | I put her in cold water till the ambulance came , but I did n't know what else to do ! ’ |
30 | I 've got to do that twice a day which I did n't know we actually had to do when I started it . |