Example sentences of "[pron] knew it be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew it was about me . |
| 2 | Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her . |
| 3 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
| 4 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
| 5 | ‘ I knew it was on a knife-edge but this is the right outcome , I am absolutely sure of that . ’ |
| 6 | I knew it was in my heart . |
| 7 | The next thing I knew it was in the back of the net and I was celebrating . |
| 8 | He said , I knew it was from round there somewhere . |
| 9 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
| 10 | She knew it was with good reason that she had brought her papers back across the lake that day . |
| 11 | She knew it was about her . |
| 12 | Their lawyer , Patricia Hambrecht , says : ‘ We witnessed a dramatic drop in our appraisal business for donations to institutions , and even though we realised it was not in our narrow self-interest , we knew it was for the good of the overall arts community ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ Anyway , ’ Miss Rene continued , ‘ immediately we saw this we knew it was of the highest quality . |
| 14 | We left there , we left about half five , six in the morning did n't we and we were getting lost in and we knew it was in the village in that town but we could n't find it and we kept getting lost so we all pulled her up and he went back and he said to this man can you tell me where the |
| 15 | But I just said that it was for the Welsh Office cos I thought if er they knew it was for a Authority you know ? |
| 16 | In the far corner , the cat cowered as if it knew it was in the presence of death . |
| 17 | He knew it was of his own making but that was not useful knowledge because he could not unmake it . |
| 18 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 19 | He knew it was in the interests of the City that the Tories win the next election . |
| 20 | From the handwriting he knew it was from his mother , and he ran to his workshop to read it . |