Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [pron] knew [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation . |
| 2 | It was so clear that I knew I 'd been blind . |
| 3 | I always felt that Basil was a very shy , warm hearted man with a special sort of honesty and I am glad that I knew him . |
| 4 | He let five buses go by and the girls kept at him , sure that they knew what he wanted . |
| 5 | We did n't know blacks , yet were always sure that we knew their real interests and what they were thinking ! |
| 6 | And foreseeing that necessity , you made sure that you knew something which could earn you money at need . |
| 7 | In fact I was sure that I knew who it was , and I thought Mala must be too . |
| 8 | I thought my boyfriend would make sure that he knew what he was doing , " cos at that time I did n't know what I was letting myself in for and also because he was nineteen I said to myself that he was more responsible . |
| 9 | lasted quite a period of time because they wanted to make sure that he knew what he was doing and everything |
| 10 | I 'm I 'm not so sure that he knew he was known as the last resort . |
| 11 | Bernice stared him down : memorizing his face and making sure that he knew it . |
| 12 | Consequently , when Sam did screw up his courage to ask Jonadab for his permission to approach Martha with a proposal , Jonadab agreed , confident that he knew what Martha 's reply would be . |
| 13 | It was astonishing that he knew he could do it . |
| 14 | The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change . |
| 15 | He had been standing large as life beside Lady Usk , and it was plain that he knew her identity . |
| 16 | The pain that tugged at the muscles of his stomach and chest was so intimately hurtful that he knew it was nothing but useless unspent emotion . |
| 17 | It was quite apparent that he knew he was a doomed man . |
| 18 | We called ourselves proudly the extremists , the vanguard , but it was n't until we read the American CLIT papers in 1973 that we knew we had a name other than men-haters . |
| 19 | The laugh she gave was so dirty that I knew it was going to be all right . |
| 20 | The President looked up and Trent was certain that he knew who he was . |
| 21 | Mr. Williams , the bank manager , said in evidence : ‘ before the charge was signed I would have to be satisfied that she knew what she was saying . ’ |
| 22 | " I had chest pains so bad that I knew I would be unable to give 100 per cent . " |
| 23 | But the moment passed , for there was something in her grasp of his legs that was so awkward , so inexperienced , and the pitch of her entreaties remained so anguished that he knew she was only doing what she imagined might persuade him to help her ; and a wave of self-loathing washed over him , that a woman like her could think of a man like him in such a light . |
| 24 | She gave a dark scowl , left the room and trudged downstairs , her mood so prickly that she knew it would only need one wrong word from Julius to trigger off her own temper . |