Example sentences of "[that] [pron] know [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that I knew it was wicked to expose my smooth bare slit gave me a feeling both of pleasure and of power , never vocalised . |
| 2 | The laugh she gave was so dirty that I knew it was going to be all right . |
| 3 | And do lots of things that I knew he was capable of doing . |
| 4 | DRUGS girl Patricia Cahill has admitted that she knew she was smuggling when customs men seized her in Bangkok . |
| 5 | It was something that she would never have thought possible and now that it had actually happened , now that she knew she was n't dreaming , she wanted it to last . |
| 6 | The strange thing was that she knew it was Ernest 's bell , the bell she had tactfully told him would be unsuitable for the kind of school he had in mind . |
| 7 | She tried to smile , attempting to indicate that she knew it was n't his fault , that he had n't known what he was doing . |
| 8 | She felt she could partially excuse his megalomaniac meddlings in her genes now that she knew he was mentally unstable . |
| 9 | Maybe it was her way of telling him that she knew he was lying . |
| 10 | He said that He used to tell me about his country that you know it was taken over by the Russians and then it 'd be taken over by the Germans and You know what I mean . |
| 11 | But she did n't like the idea that we knew she was hiding something , did she ? |
| 12 | Some survivors from ‘ dive-in ’ accidents have confirmed that they knew it was useless to try to pull out of the dive while they could ‘ feel ’ the glider was still stalled . |
| 13 | It is dangerous to simplify law , but our understanding is that to convict someone of a serious crime like theft , we normally have to prove not only that they committed the alleged act , but also that they knew it was wrong . |
| 14 | I wondered what would happen if I ignored the call or pretended it was n't me , but I had a strong feeling that they knew it was me . |
| 15 | Jenna was a bit surprised that Alain knew this man and the fact that he knew him was n't making him any more gracious , either . |
| 16 | It was quite apparent that he knew he was a doomed man . |
| 17 | What one can read between the lines was that Jackie was n't yet a champion , that he knew he was good enough to be one and that the pressures and opportunities to make money were too good to be passed up . |
| 18 | One possible answer for Ian being found away from his family is that he knew he was in danger , and expected them to come after him . |
| 19 | One 11 year old who was asked about the shape of the Earth replied that he knew he was supposed to say that it was shaped like a sphere , but that he thought people only say that so that it would fit easily on a globe : |
| 20 | I 'm I 'm not so sure that he knew he was known as the last resort . |
| 21 | Paradoxically , it was n't till her eyes opened that he knew he was wrong . |
| 22 | Albert Cruikshank , customs officer at London Airport , had told his wife , Bella , that he knew she was in love with his best friend . |
| 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 | Now that Luke had her , now that he knew she was incapable of resisting him , there was no longer any need for him to be seen with her . |
| 25 | When he did n't move or give any indication that he knew she was there at all — although he must have heard the car draw up and , unless he was deaf , the car door slam — she marched across to him . |
| 26 | ‘ It is , ’ he mused evenly , and she had the uneasy feeling that he knew she was deliberately trying to change the subject . |
| 27 | Shouted that he knew I was inside . |
| 28 | 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 . |