Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | You had certain of them that knew where you could slip in — you could slip in for a smoke and a cup of tea , so long as you were n't caught . |
| 2 | Luckily I had been doing The Clothes Show on TV and her father had seen me and knew I was reputable . |
| 3 | But almost everyone in Kingsmarkham knew them and knew also by now that this was the spot where Charlie Hatton had been murdered . |
| 4 | Close by stood Fintan and Cermait Honeymouth and Tybion the Tusk , and Grainne looked at them and knew a deep and abiding affection for them . |
| 5 | I mean it , it would be very easy to say that basically you know I do n't know , the , the poor peasants banding around all peasants , you know Mao saw them and knew that this was where the , the core of erm the revolution |
| 6 | Again she saw blue , paler , more transparent , stringing out from him and knew he meant to touch her in reassurance but did n't know if he should . |
| 7 | He did not lift his head , but she could sense the hesitation in him and knew she had been right . |
| 8 | Joe Fitzgerald was so much older and moved in a different circle , and on the few occasions that Sarah had seen him he had shown no interest in her , but she liked him and knew that he enjoyed reading and poetry as much as she did . |
| 9 | ‘ Would n't it be lovely if Terry was one of them ? ’ a colleague said , but Sarah said quietly that she had received a letter from him and knew when he would arrive . |
| 10 | The simpering sort who would do anything for him and knew how to knock up gourmet dinners in fifteen minutes flat . |
| 11 | Isabel looked up at him and knew every feature was indelibly impressed on her mind . |
| 12 | They got so close to him and knew him so well that nothing else mattered . |
| 13 | She had no doubt of the genuine affection he had for her and knew she would be a fool not to acknowledge it . |
| 14 | He looked back at her and knew the strength of her will . |
| 15 | Ken turned to her and knew all about it . |
| 16 | I felt like punching him but knew it was stupid to start a fight . |
| 17 | Women have power , you know , Aggie , if they but knew how to use it . |
| 18 | He doubted if room 19 even existed ; nobody in his circle had ever seen it or knew where it was situated . |
| 19 | When he heard her last remark he understood it and knew he had to get rid of her quickly . |
| 20 | However , shortly before the List 's publication , I received a visit from Harold Evans , then the editor of the Sunday Times , who came to breakfast and rather slyly asked if I had seen it ; to which I replied that I had not seen it and knew nothing of its contents . |
| 21 | This picture , the third in Faye 's series , focused more fully on her face and the likeness of features and form was very good , but it showed her with such a yearning , wistful expression that everyone who saw it and knew her would think her life had been one long secret sorrow . |
| 22 | That thorny subject , if he but knew it , was as painful to her as it was to him . |