Example sentences of "[pers pn] knew [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I knew you were being thoughtless , rather than mean . |
| 2 | I knew I was being bewitched , laid under a spell so intensely personal , so thrilling , I did not have the power to resist it , or to judge if it were good or evil . |
| 3 | I caught myself wondering how I would feel if I knew I was being transfused with the blood of someone of 85 : would it be strong enough ? |
| 4 | I knew I was being unreasonable , but I began to feel that my marriage lacked something , a fundamental excitement . |
| 5 | I could n't put a name on her treatment of me , no word existed for what she was trying to do , but I knew I was being manipulated under the guise of deference and consideration . |
| 6 | ‘ After I 'd cooled down I knew I was being irrational . ’ |
| 7 | Immediately I knew I was being kidnapped . |
| 8 | She says that she knew they were being pushed down the hill and she screamed when she felt the flames . |
| 9 | Still , she knew she was being watched . |
| 10 | Even as she spoke she knew she was being a hypocrite . |
| 11 | By the time they reached Coniston and she saw grey stone cottages beside a lake reflecting more of those unbelievable mountains , she knew she was being offered a new world . |
| 12 | This upset Stella , though she knew she was being foolish . |
| 13 | She wished she could say she knew she was being difficult and edgy , taking it out on him because she 'd been denied another child . |
| 14 | She knew she was being ridiculous , but so much had happened back there in that elegant house , so many unexplained emotions had swung through her mind in such a short space of time , and she felt so wound up , so confused by it all . |
| 15 | She knew she was being unreasonable , and she was worried she might alienate David . |
| 16 | She knew she was being baited , and yet she could not stop her shocked reply . |
| 17 | She knew she was being argumentative , a trait not exactly geared to ease frayed nerves . |
| 18 | She knew she was being unreasonable , but his domesticity seemed like an intrusion and she resented it . |
| 19 | She knew he was being evasive and sensed that in some way he was trying to protect her . |
| 20 | He said he said erm he thought people might be less willing to speak at the meeting if they knew it was being recorded , which seems entirely reasonable . |
| 21 | The voice was calm and soft and the words were ordinary , but he knew he was being told a horror story . |
| 22 | He knew he was being watched from somewhere . |
| 23 | Shiva smiled sadly and asked why not but he knew he was being unfair to Adam as well as to himself . |
| 24 | He knew he was being manipulated but , he asked himself , what was the alternative ? |
| 25 | He knew he was being teased . |
| 26 | He went to answer it and the next thing he knew he was being attacked by a group of men . |
| 27 | The feeling persisted and suddenly , although he knew he was being ridiculous , he felt he had to take a ride into Mansfield to have a look at the site where the old Empire Theatre had once stood . |