Example sentences of "know there were [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know there were only very few electrics , so I said , Well we 've got this money in the benevolent fund . |
| 2 | As far as we know there were only two places where he was likely to feel sufficiently at home to take his jacket off — in his own house and at Laura Passmore 's . ’ |
| 3 | But knowing there were so few left |
| 4 | ‘ You knew there were just two envelopes in there ? ’ she continued . |
| 5 | Corbett looked at the two well-fed , thick-set men , and , hearing a slight sound behind him , knew there were more . |
| 6 | ‘ I knew there were only seconds to go and could feel my strength failing with each moment , and a drifting kind of sleep coming on me which whispered , ‘ Give up , Minch , give up … ’ and it was only the knowledge that I was of Callanish , the greatest of the sites , that kept me fighting those few more seconds . |
| 7 | As soon as ‘ Jock ’ McDougall sent a blistering back pass crashing against his own crossbar in the first minute , I knew there were only two teams in it . |
| 8 | The Colonel knew there were only two possible answers to that situation : massive repression or get out . |
| 9 | I wanted to light a match , but knew there were only four matches left now , and that I must wait until I reached the Bible-box where I could first make a handful of paper spills to keep the flame going . |
| 10 | I never knew there were so many E-flats in it . |
| 11 | ‘ I never knew there were so many different types of stout . |
| 12 | I never knew there were so many Irish pubs in London . |