Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] exactly [pron] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Momentarily I realized exactly what I was doing . |
| 2 | And when they brought the key , I knew exactly what it was — a left-luggage locker-key . |
| 3 | And I knew exactly what it was you they were talking about ! |
| 4 | I knew exactly what I was looking for , they had to be here somewhere , the one and only pair of knickers left uncontaminated in that disastrous load at the launderette , the stuff that had got washed along with that bargain-price bright-pink non-fast Indian-cotton mini-skirt from C&A . |
| 5 | But I decided fairly quickly that once the reins were in somebody else 's hands , and that somebody knew exactly what they were doing , there was no point in coming back . ’ |
| 6 | But also , as a doctor , she knew exactly what it was . |
| 7 | She knew exactly what it was , of course , she thought sleepily . |
| 8 | She knew exactly what she was doing and where she was going . |
| 9 | For the first time in her life , she knew exactly what she was doing , as her body and brain melted together in a harmony of desire . |
| 10 | what she was getting at , she knew exactly what she was shopping for , she went into that shop , there was the list , it was handed in , I bet it took her less time to shop then , than it did later when she went shopping with a vague idea well I must n't forget this , I must n't forget that , but then the wandering around sort of oh that looks nice and I fancy that |
| 11 | It is believed there must have been at least three people who knew exactly what they were looking for . |
| 12 | The third reading , for instance , was slower than the first , despite the fact that you knew exactly what you were looking for . |
| 13 | Each of the four was an experienced police frogman , and each of them knew exactly what he was looking for — knew indeed the exact dimensions of the object and the positioning of the three great ruby eyes once set into it . |
| 14 | Inspector Paul Delvi said : ‘ They knew exactly what they were going to get , where , how and when . |
| 15 | Mr Alan Houghton , group director of the Selby mine complex , of which Stillingfleet is one of five collieries , said : ‘ Everybody knew exactly what we were doing . |
| 16 | they said exactly what you 're saying , it was n't the last twenty years it was |
| 17 | Among the welter of aids to discerning travellers , he found exactly what he was looking for : a comprehensive guide to British hotels and restaurants , each entry accompanied by a brief description of the establishment and a small photograph . |
| 18 | People said he was a fool , but I think he knew exactly what he was doing . |
| 19 | An experienced Detective-Sergeant from sub-divisional headquarters , he knew exactly what he was doing . |
| 20 | With his plans for afforesting the poorer parts of his ancestral acres , the replanting , the harvesting of his mature timber crops , his Christmas-tree plantations of Norway spruce , he knew exactly what he was doing . |
| 21 | He knew exactly what she was offering him then ; and he was fairly certain that she knew , too . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's not here , ’ he told her with a mocking ring to his tone which showed he knew exactly what she was thinking . |
| 23 | He knew exactly who it was . |
| 24 | I can assure you I kn he knew exactly who he was . |
| 25 | She was certain he knew exactly who she was . |
| 26 | But when the woman dressed him later in rough cotton clothes , yellow with age , he looked exactly what he was — an orphan in a workhouse , ready for a life of misery , hunger , and neglect . |
| 27 | He did exactly what he was invited to do , place goods into the receptacle provided . |