Example sentences of "[subord] i knew [pron] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I knew it was badly sprained I did not feel it was broken . |
| 2 | I always stopped to look at it , although I knew it was much too expensive . |
| 3 | Joseph told me to fetch the doctor , so I ran to the village , although I knew it was too late . |
| 4 | I lowered my eyes once I knew he was all right . |
| 5 | Once I knew you were still … untouched … only one explanation made sense : that the Countess had some hold over you . ’ |
| 6 | Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration . |
| 7 | Because I could n't settle tonight until I knew you were all right . ’ |
| 8 | You know , cos I knew everybody was far too young . |
| 9 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 10 | So orders were given that I was not under any condition to open that thing unless I knew who was there . |
| 11 | More than sixty years after the event , while watching a child of his own try out his first steps , he suddenly stated in reminiscence and satisfaction to his most intimate Spanish friend , ‘ I remember that I learned to walk by pushing a big tin box of sweet biscuits in front of me because I knew what was inside . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't stay in hospital because I knew he was there , ’ said the father-of-one . |
| 13 | While I knew he was only trying to give me a kick up the backside for my own good , I felt really , really low . |
| 14 | ‘ While I knew he was only trying to give me a kick up the backside for my own good , I felt really , really low . |
| 15 | Brigitte is having a party and when I knew you were here I naturally said we would go . ’ |
| 16 | As far as I knew you were still in the study . ’ |
| 17 | He was starting to go bald , though I knew he was only twenty-three . |