Example sentences of "i knew [pron] were [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | no I did n't , I never liked it , whether that was because I knew we were n't gon na be there , or , you know , I just , I was only there six months |
| 2 | I knew we were in for an enjoyable day as soon as I heard Nick Faldo say , ‘ Have you heard this one , Nick ? ’ |
| 3 | I did n't think he 'd be cooking tonight cos I knew they were n't shutting the |
| 4 | ‘ I knew they were up to something , ’ added Mr Fractor . |
| 5 | I knew they were as devastated and shocked as Kenneth . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's always some police by the Circus , ’ I knew they were there because of the Jewish population around the area — and the frequent Mosley British Fascist parades . |
| 7 | I knew they were there . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew you were n't the composing machine they say you are . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I knew you were n't going to believe me , but it seemed only fair that you should know why I agreed to marry you . ’ |
| 10 | He turned on his heel , heading for the door , then paused and informed her over his shoulder , ‘ Oh , by the way , I ought to tell you I knew you were n't sleeping naked . |
| 11 | I knew you were n't the kind of woman I could conveniently disregard , as I 'd disregarded Celeste , and I certainly did n't want to become entangled with my team-mate 's girlfriend — ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I respected you and I knew you were n't the kind of girl who slept around . |
| 13 | Brigitte is having a party and when I knew you were here I naturally said we would go . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Really , I think I knew you were in on it all along . |
| 15 | As far as I knew you were still in the study . ’ |
| 16 | Once I knew you were still … untouched … only one explanation made sense : that the Countess had some hold over you . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew you were there all the time , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I 'd have cast off in the Angharad to fetch you the minute I knew you were there ! ’ |
| 20 | Because I could n't settle tonight until I knew you were all right . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |