Example sentences of "[adv] i knew [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had felt at the instant the idea suggested itself to me the first glimmer of positive thought : suddenly I knew I was not going to sink . |
| 2 | ‘ I tried to hate you but deep down I knew I was lost and that , however many lovers you 'd previously had , I was going to be the last one . |
| 3 | ‘ After I 'd cooled down I knew I was being irrational . ’ |
| 4 | I seen one woman and she had a police uniform on , so obviously I knew it was the police . |
| 5 | So I knew she was enjoying it . |
| 6 | But I was real familiar with his records and so I knew it was gon na be that way ; in fact it was really kinda fun to have to take a guess at when he was gon na change . |
| 7 | Jackie phoned me up to say , she phoned me up today for a chat , we were chatting away and she said erm , I heard Brenda , Brenda , so I knew it was girl , and er , I was saying she walked straight into the kitchen and I was sort of still on the phone , I was saying yeah , yeah , ok and erm , I said I 'm going out shopping and I 'm taking the dog with me , I said ok fair enough , she said well you 'll probably be gone when I get back , I said oh might be but she said but I do n't know and erm you know and I just put the phone down cos she wanted to see the pictures , my little girl asked put all the pictures up for him and er were looking at all the pictures and I 'd forgotten about Jack on the phone you know , so she s all of a sudden I got back she said oh your phone call she said who you talking too ? |
| 8 | I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your |
| 9 | So I knew I was going away this time . |
| 10 | Before we had we bought a house and so I really had to come back to work because we needed my wages and erm the creche was just being brought out so I knew there was a chance of coming back . |
| 11 | A week before the wedding the sickness stopped and my mother said it had been psychological , she said that ‘ deep down inside ’ — I 'm quoting her-I longed for marriage and once I knew I was really going to get married I stopped worrying . ’ |
| 12 | Also I knew it was most unlike you to sacrifice one of the loveliest passages in the whole operetta to a comic routine . |
| 13 | ‘ As soon as I stood up I knew it was going to be bad . |
| 14 | It was painful and the more painful it became the nearer I knew I was getting . |
| 15 | I went out and while I was out I knew something was wrong . |
| 16 | Now I knew he was connected with sport but I did n't know whether it was cricket or football . |
| 17 | Now I knew it was not merely for urinating . |
| 18 | and the aargh , just squeezed in and this lad sort of shit himself completely and went zoom right up the road then , well I knew what was gon na happen so I dropped right back and er how he missed him I do n't know , it must of been inches or itches |
| 19 | Er of course one went , started work , very nervous , and er thought that everybody was sort of putting a tape measure and er Oh to tell you the t truth I I did n't know Well I knew there was one apprentice been there about twelve months or nearly twelve months . |
| 20 | Well I knew he was going in , he told her |
| 21 | Well I knew it was Reverend Green some time ago , but I could n't decide which it , I just got that |
| 22 | Well I knew it was but it the fact that it had a nice easy switch in the base was something that I 'd been looking for . |
| 23 | ‘ He was trying out the new one that Joe bought for his little Beth to learn on , and even I knew he was playing well . ’ |
| 24 | Immediately I knew I was being kidnapped . |
| 25 | Right then I knew something was wrong . |
| 26 | Then I knew he was writing poetry alone , without me , and that hurt me to the depths of my being . |
| 27 | God help me , I put my hand on the ruin of his head , and then I knew he was dead . |
| 28 | Her face was marble-white , Even then I knew she was determined not to become the plaything of the London mob . |
| 29 | Then I knew it was because I did n't want to be loved and respected , since I do n't deserve to be . |
| 30 | Someone else had to crystallize the feeling , but then I knew it was what I wanted to be . |