Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [pron] know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He , he , he was er more or less well off , still in , in Terrace but you know he was , they seemed to be well off and probably were . |
| 2 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 3 | ‘ We did some homework on their side but we know them so well it was hardly needed . ’ |
| 4 | It was n't a great interview but we knew it was an achievement actually to have spoken to them on film . |
| 5 | He shook his head in a little motion of disbelief but he knew there could be no turning back . |
| 6 | Asik simply wished he could live closer to the village but he knew there was no way his grandparents would survive the move , so he trundled on and tried dearly not to think about it . |
| 7 | Ian was very upset by his father 's intransigent attitude but he knew what he wanted to do and that was to pursue his studies by every means possible , although by now doubts were beginning to cloud his mind . |
| 8 | ‘ I would like to do something to help like bringing her home but I know she is in the best place . ’ |
| 9 | A slight exaggeration but I knew what he meant . |
| 10 | ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’ |
| 11 | Well thing is that I mean a lot of these jobs , I mean er yeah they recognize that , I mean a lot of them yo they think you 're as thick as shit and treat you like you 're as thick as shit just because you 're doing a thick as shit job but you know they ca n't necessarily give you more |
| 12 | I know it does n't at the moment but you know what I mean . |
| 13 | Hari felt the impulse to ruffle William 's hair but she knew he would resent being treated like the child he was , boys grew up quickly in the harsh realities of World 's End . |
| 14 | Martin was afraid of the churchyard but he knew he had to go inside . |
| 15 | It it 's not his best side er his right foot but you know he can weigh in on that side but er he does have a hunger for goals . |
| 16 | ‘ When you know there 's a bird that matches it 's description but you know it 's extinct , it just does n't sink in . |
| 17 | Papa says he 's a gentleman but we know he paints , pictures you know , so Mamma says he ca n't be . ’ |
| 18 | Usually very very pessimistic and always look always look on the on the pessimistic side of things you know all that sort of stuff but you know they are a very important part of the group , you know given given their space to be like they are you know do n't take them too seriously remember their job is to criticise and their job is to pull things to pieces . |
| 19 | His date had a Finnish boy friend but he knew he was prising her loose . |
| 20 | It 's rather late for the press releases on some months later , the press release coming from my group and coming from the Labour group it was a late conversion but not much of a conversion let's face it , the word tokenism springs to mind that 's what I 've written next to the Conservative line there , totally , and I do n't believe in nursery education but they know there are votes in it . |
| 21 | He desperately needed a drink but he knew he had to get through the next little while — ten minutes , half an hour , an hour — completely sober . |
| 22 | Manuel had not been able to improve on par the first day but everyone knew he was capable of making up a lot of leeway with one of his famous ‘ charges . ’ |
| 23 | Evidently I did not see fighters go down that day but I know they did but this was a first realization as if there was somebody up there to kill me and I guess this is the point at which you realize that you are going to kill them before they kill you and all of a sudden we are in combat all our lives and we take a complete change in outlook from everything because up to now everything had been practise and training just for this except we did not have that realization that they are there to kill us , who 's gon na be killed first ? |
| 24 | There 's no knowledge but I know it . |
| 25 | I nearly I 'm lacking indoors , I 'm very lacking indoors I nearly lay down last night but I knew I just wanted to be |
| 26 | I know nothing about art but I know what I like ’ . |
| 27 | Delia Sutherland closed her fingers around the inside of his elbow with a pressure that could have been the overture to an embrace but he knew it was not . |
| 28 | ‘ It was tough at the start but I knew I had to hang on to my serve at all costs , ’ she said afterwards . |
| 29 | ‘ This is going to be a difficult game but we know what we 've got to do . ’ |
| 30 | Not in the biblical sense but you know what I mean |