Example sentences of "[pers pn] knew [adv] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More so , however , I knew somehow that my friend was bolstering up his own natural fear of loss and dread of death . |
| 2 | So I knew immediately that he had never seen her . |
| 3 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 4 | I knew also that he was on drugs . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh hello , Celia , ’ she said and I knew instantly that something was wrong . |
| 6 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 7 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 8 | I think I knew already that she did n't take it seriously . |
| 9 | And this means that if on the same grounds I claim today to know that it will rain in the afternoon , I must continue to assert that I knew yesterday that it would rain that afternoon ( in the teeth of the evidence ) . |
| 10 | I knew though that they 'd work it out in the end so I was on the look-out for a new job . |
| 11 | I knew then that their bodies were dead . |
| 12 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
| 13 | I knew then that we were bound to go all the way , wherever it might lead , whether we wanted to or not . |
| 14 | I knew then that I had walked into a situation from which there would be no escape . |
| 15 | I knew then that I was going to be an artist . |
| 16 | I knew then that I could not let these beautiful people see me . |
| 17 | And then I leaned up to look down into your face , and saw the same vulnerability echoed there , your eyes almost purple , dazed , uncomprehending , and I knew then that I could n't let you go . |
| 18 | I knew then that I loved you , more than anything in the world , more than life itself ! ’ |
| 19 | I knew then that I loved him and I would do anything for him , no matter what . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I knew then that I had to box it up . |
| 21 | I knew then that it was more inspiring than if the sound had come from an orphean bird . |
| 22 | I knew then that it must be someone special to have their furniture brought in a van . |
| 23 | I knew then that you were planning to get out . ’ |
| 24 | I knew then that my last hours had come but was in such agony that I began to wish they would come sooner . |
| 25 | I knew then that my end had come for surely it was the Man who had put the trap on the pole to catch me . |
| 26 | ‘ I knew then that my decision to send my secretary away on business was the right one . ’ |
| 27 | I knew only that they happened there in the darkness and only a few feet from the pavements . |
| 28 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
| 29 | Yet she was the only sane grown-up I knew now that I could cross Anwar and Jeeta off my list of normals . |
| 30 | I knew now that I might have been foolish to have expected so much from Waite , but he had been the only person who 'd been willing to treat both kidnappers and hostages as human beings and to attempt some kind of understanding about how the situation could be resolved . |