Example sentences of "[pron] knew [pers pn] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew her so short a time . ’ |
| 2 | It is of little use to remember the answer to an examination question as you leave the room , or to say later with head in hands , " But I knew it so well " , surprised at your ability to remember it now but your inability to recall it at the time when you most needed it . |
| 3 | Later you will grunt in exasperated tones : " But I knew it so well ! " |
| 4 | Oh , she knew him so well . |
| 5 | She knew it so clearly that three weeks ago she had made an appointment to take her breast lump to a doctor . |
| 6 | She knew it so well , and though time and distance had separated them , it made her heart beat double . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't know you knew him so well , ’ said Bill Clough . |
| 8 | We knew him so well and so when the time came and we saw how he was playing and how he was hitting the ball , that he could beat anyone ’ . |
| 9 | The players could have played it without a conductor , we knew it so well at that time . |
| 10 | They knew him so well that everyone fell into a hush and appeared to move around him on tiptoes . |
| 11 | And it was her fault that he could tell , that he knew her so thoroughly . |