Example sentences of "[pers pn] knew in " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were things that you took to enhance your experience and to make it more intense — to make your personal development became part of your life , It was a very high-minded approach and when one looks at what has happened to the drug scene today and one looks back to the prevailing attitudes at the time , one can see the absolute , total abhorrence among drug takers that I knew in those days of amphetamines , heroin , barbiturates , mandrax — all those things that had an adverse physical effect which were considered to by highly dangerous to one 's personal development and to one 's daily living . |
| 2 | I was chased mercilessly about the streets by my campaign assistant , Simon Heffer , who is now the chief leader-writer of the Daily Telegraph but whom I knew in those days as a fellow ( but younger ) old boy from Chelmsford . |
| 3 | I am sometimes sad myself when I visit villages I knew in my youth . |
| 4 | I think I knew in my heart that once again he wanted to do something ‘ useful , in the sense that it 's got to be done ’ . |
| 5 | And I knew in some sort , I think , that the animal was my brother , in this meek and helpless form . |
| 6 | I toyed with the idea of committing suicide , but I knew in my heart and soul I would never take my own life . |
| 7 | Even then I knew in a way that despair underlay my behaviour , but I would n't have been able to take the consequences of its admission . |
| 8 | ‘ But I knew in my heart that I would have no chance against them and that they would be merciless . |
| 9 | I reckon most of the kids I knew in care ended up in trouble . |
| 10 | ‘ Some fellows I knew in Spain see this as a capitalist war and do n't want to fight . |
| 11 | I knew in advance that I would have to retrace my steps on this road , to get to the Skye boat at the Kyle of Lochalsh , as there is nowadays only a summer ferry to the island from Glenelg . |
| 12 | Although the neighbours made me feel like an evil , uncaring daughter , I knew in my heart that you 'd understand because you always did — I loved you and that was all you needed to know . |
| 13 | And she said it was so funny , she said , you 'd get the , the so the poorer people perhaps would use this shop and erm and yet she said , people I knew in the street erm that were Conservatives dealt at the Co-op , where it was I suppose the best buy and they were saving the divi you know , and we thought it was quite funny really . |
| 14 | I knew in advance , but there was n't much I could do . |
| 15 | But I knew in the end you would n't let us down — and I was right , was n't I ? ’ |
| 16 | At that time I had some interest in advertising and marketing , so I decided to get people I knew in some of the big stores to come down to one of our towns . |
| 17 | I found a felt-tip pen in the desk drawer and addressed the envelope to ‘ Mr F. MacLean ’ care of a pub I knew in Southwark where they knew me by that name . |
| 18 | I was sure they could hardly wait , but then to be fair to Fenella she was the only woman under fifty I knew in London who made her own damson jam . |
| 19 | I knew in one case that every Saturday morning I would get a letter from a lad who was having a very trying time at an operational training unit , and he begged me week after week , I eventually relented and brought him back ; he nearly went through and completed a second Pathfinder tour . |
| 20 | She added ‘ I knew in my heart Gerard was dead . |
| 21 | ‘ I told the doctor I had sat opposite a man the night before and had to mentally flick through every male name I knew in order to locate his . |
| 22 | I told him I had sat opposite a man the night before and had to mentally flick through every male name I knew in order to locate his ; ‘ George , Andrew , Jack … |
| 23 | You 're still the slim chick I knew in nineteen seventy four . |
| 24 | In her head , Marie could see the people she knew in terms of those doors . |
| 25 | She knew in her heart that that was why she was here . |
| 26 | For she knew in an instant that the blue-eyed blond tot was not the baby snatched from her on a Greek island 14 months ago . |
| 27 | But I think she knew in her heart of hearts that he was already dead . ’ |
| 28 | She knew in her heart that she did not need drugs , she needed rest , patience and understanding from those around her . |
| 29 | Carrie thought of all the people she knew in the world , all of them still eating and breathing and walking about , and then of Mrs Gotobed , lying still . |
| 30 | Jezrael needed someone , but the only people she knew in Vienna were killers . |