Example sentences of "i knew why " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 2 | I knew why I was famous : I was a good lyric writer and had ability on stage . |
| 3 | Now I knew why there were so many badly-written books — Mark was proof-reading them . |
| 4 | And I knew why . |
| 5 | You 're right , are n't you Yes , once he got going , I knew why I 'd been holding back . |
| 6 | Hell , I wish I knew why though . ’ |
| 7 | I knew why , they had the queer sensation that they were being addressed by someone from a bygone age . |
| 8 | I thought at the time she sounded a bit over anxious to explain why she had n't told us before , but it was n't long before I knew why . ’ |
| 9 | The moment I touched the ground I knew why — the excessive ( to me — but normal to Tiree residents ) wind whipped me and my heavily laden briefcase into the lounge where Peter McMillan , Manager of Scarinish Branch offered me the relative calm of his car . |
| 10 | And I wish I knew why . |
| 11 | Now I knew why they were so sad , and why they were poor . |
| 12 | ‘ When I saw you again I knew why I had waited so long to marry . |
| 13 | But I knew why . |
| 14 | I knew why he was fearful . |
| 15 | But by the time I 'd got to the summer term the things that had failed had failed and I knew why , and I was n't feeling too inclined to change them particularly at the time because they had n't failed to the point where the class was in chaos . |
| 16 | I knew why Hutton called in Doreen so often when he could perfectly well have given her memos . |