Example sentences of "knew [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew everyone watched her carefully , not knowing how to interpret her steady dutifulness , not crediting that it would last . |
| 2 | He knew no-one had seen him at Barak 's house otherwise he 'd have been charged straight away . |
| 3 | Tiny natives in their feathered headdresses and skirts besported themselves on the water 's edge , far more ostentatiously than Kit knew them to do . |
| 4 | Jane could not bear to give up for , although she knew nothing so harrowing as the run-up to a match or a medal , she knew nothing to compare with the excitement which lay on the other side of the 1st tee : " However tight a match , I never believed that anyone was going to beat me . |
| 5 | He knew nothing dies . |
| 6 | He 's known the truth about the Durances , he 's kidnapped Barbara Coleman , he knew someone hoped to kill me , he probably knew about the Josephs and the drugs … ’ |
| 7 | They knew someone living in a house there . |
| 8 | He knew someone had a bargain . |
| 9 | and I knew I 've had it . |
| 10 | And he knew I know he knew that too . |
| 11 | And I knew I know this bloke eh , when he was a sergeant I think , anyway he was an officer , and eh , said we go to Sheppeards , I said you silly devil I ca n't get into Sheppeards Hotel I 'm a signal man I had to laugh he said , shame , he said cor , you 're about my size , get stuck into one of my uniforms we had a couple of weekends at Sheppeards Hotel , we had a great time . |
| 12 | After all , I had no real claim upon your attention , and I knew I meant so little to you I could be dropped at any moment without a second thought . |
| 13 | Hanfmann describes ‘ a rather arrogant colleague ’ who ‘ told me that he knew I wrote good case histories , but had not expected me to be so good at theory ’ ( 1983 : 147 ) . |
| 14 | I knew I began with B. |
| 15 | I had aches in muscles I never knew I owned . |
| 16 | They knew I lived somewhere in Chicago , so they called Mayor Daley , who found out exactly where I lived , and then they located Tim and hand-delivered first-class round-trip tickets and baggage vouchers from Chicago to Bangkok . |
| 17 | In fact , nobody even knew I played , although I played pretty well by the time I was out of High School . |
| 18 | I knew I owed you five |
| 19 | Next thing I knew I heard a crash |
| 20 | ‘ Everyone started laughing and I was concerned that ‘ Jacki ’ might feel alienated but he immediately started laughing himself and I knew I 'd signed a character who 'd get on fine in Scotland . ’ |
| 21 | Only you never knew I 'd taken 'em round to Mr Bishop 's brother . ’ |
| 22 | I knew I 'd got something for your Dad . ’ |
| 23 | JP : ‘ I knew I 'd nicked it off somewhere , I just could n't remember where . |
| 24 | I knew I 'd seen you before and I could n't think where . ’ |
| 25 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 26 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 27 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual squat . |
| 28 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 29 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home and I still think Bob Seger is crap . |
| 30 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |