Example sentences of "[that] [pron] knew [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change . |
| 2 | The fact that I knew it was wicked to expose my smooth bare slit gave me a feeling both of pleasure and of power , never vocalised . |
| 3 | The laugh she gave was so dirty that I knew it was going to be all right . |
| 4 | And do lots of things that I knew he was capable of doing . |
| 5 | Now that she knew they were there , they stuck out because they were obviously some different language . |
| 6 | She says that she knew they were being pushed down the hill and she screamed when she felt the flames . |
| 7 | DRUGS girl Patricia Cahill has admitted that she knew she was smuggling when customs men seized her in Bangkok . |
| 8 | It was something that she would never have thought possible and now that it had actually happened , now that she knew she was n't dreaming , she wanted it to last . |
| 9 | The strange thing was that she knew it was Ernest 's bell , the bell she had tactfully told him would be unsuitable for the kind of school he had in mind . |
| 10 | She tried to smile , attempting to indicate that she knew it was n't his fault , that he had n't known what he was doing . |
| 11 | She felt she could partially excuse his megalomaniac meddlings in her genes now that she knew he was mentally unstable . |
| 12 | Maybe it was her way of telling him that she knew he was lying . |
| 13 | It occurred to me that she knew you were a Gemini , and she was clearly thrilled about us getting together . ’ |
| 14 | I mean , I had Tony to go through and find key words that we knew we were going to need , you know , simple words like the , of , with , a , that sort of thing , that we knew that okay , we would n't use immediately , but we 'd look , ah there that goes there , and use it straight away . |
| 15 | Not that we knew you were coming but |
| 16 | But she did n't like the idea that we knew she was hiding something , did she ? |
| 17 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 18 | Some survivors from ‘ dive-in ’ accidents have confirmed that they knew it was useless to try to pull out of the dive while they could ‘ feel ’ the glider was still stalled . |
| 19 | It is dangerous to simplify law , but our understanding is that to convict someone of a serious crime like theft , we normally have to prove not only that they committed the alleged act , but also that they knew it was wrong . |
| 20 | I wondered what would happen if I ignored the call or pretended it was n't me , but I had a strong feeling that they knew it was me . |
| 21 | I mean they there was a fact that they knew you were unemployed er or was n't in any s You were yours yourself a target . |
| 22 | Jenna was a bit surprised that Alain knew this man and the fact that he knew him was n't making him any more gracious , either . |
| 23 | Alan 's parents were perfectly civilized about the marriage , and Alan took considerable satisfaction in the fact that he knew they were rather shocked . |
| 24 | It was quite apparent that he knew he was a doomed man . |
| 25 | What one can read between the lines was that Jackie was n't yet a champion , that he knew he was good enough to be one and that the pressures and opportunities to make money were too good to be passed up . |
| 26 | One possible answer for Ian being found away from his family is that he knew he was in danger , and expected them to come after him . |
| 27 | One 11 year old who was asked about the shape of the Earth replied that he knew he was supposed to say that it was shaped like a sphere , but that he thought people only say that so that it would fit easily on a globe : |
| 28 | I 'm I 'm not so sure that he knew he was known as the last resort . |
| 29 | Paradoxically , it was n't till her eyes opened that he knew he was wrong . |
| 30 | Albert Cruikshank , customs officer at London Airport , had told his wife , Bella , that he knew she was in love with his best friend . |