Example sentences of "[coord] i knew [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I knew they 'd go up again on on Wednesday . |
| 2 | ‘ I love you in a very special way and I knew you would understand . |
| 3 | He 's such good fun , and I knew you 'd like him . ’ |
| 4 | She was terribly ambitious and I knew she 'd go on to do well . |
| 5 | The hand started pushing through the window at the pile of books , and I knew it would find me and catch hold of me again . |
| 6 | It took 30 rolls of wallpaper and I knew it would have to last . ’ |
| 7 | Also Simon is one of my best mates and I knew he 'd buckle down with the right team if he was in with a chance of winning . ’ |
| 8 | As far as I 'm concerned , I went to Hector because I knew him and I knew he 'd let me have a boat cheaply , and I 've used it since then — since the fifteenth — for pleasure , and now to come over and look my people up . |
| 9 | And I knew I would get it ba one , one second . |
| 10 | ‘ Away , ’ came the enigmatic reply and I knew I would learn nothing more until I arrived . |
| 11 | And I knew I 'd hurt him , I know he deserves to be hurt , but there it is , I 've hurt him . |
| 12 | I gasped — and I knew I must come up somehow . |
| 13 | I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’ |
| 14 | And then Felipe came back after the war , and I knew I should have believed in myself and waited for him . |
| 15 | Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka . |
| 16 | ‘ Yeah , but I knew we 'd win . |
| 17 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 18 | They all seemed pleased , as if I belonged ; but I knew I would leave them again before summer , would walk out of the brightly lit play , and go back to the shadows and solitude of fiction . |
| 19 | I wanted so much to go into the house and be with them , but I knew I must stay in the hut . |
| 20 | But I knew I must try to feed if I was to survive . |
| 21 | I thought of it at one ti me , but I knew I 'd make a mess of it . ’ |
| 22 | We also had Robert Mitchum and Richard Widmark in the cast , but I knew I 'd have no problems with them . |
| 23 | But I knew I could manage to stagger to my feet and find fresh kindling . |
| 24 | But I knew I could trust you , and that at least you would believe me . |
| 25 | But I knew it would work , I knew it was the perfect register for it ; it was just a question of the right tonality and the right feeling . |
| 26 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |