Example sentences of "[that] i know " in BNC.
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| 31 | I explained that before I came to Arabia the only djinn or genie that I knew was Aladdin 's genie of the lamp . |
| 32 | I was glad that I knew exactly where Nigel was . |
| 33 | I loved him so much that I knew it would be all right . |
| 34 | When I tried it , it was so beautiful that I knew exactly why people keep doing it . |
| 35 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 36 | ‘ None that I knew about , ’ Miss Honey said . |
| 37 | And Elizabeth knew that I knew all about her , and she also knew that she was the only person I 'd ever written to for a photograph . |
| 38 | The laugh she gave was so dirty that I knew it was going to be all right . |
| 39 | That was n't the case with me , I just wanted the opportunity to do something that I knew I could do . |
| 40 | One of the most interesting cases that Maureen came across that I knew of was a peregrine falcon . |
| 41 | She had lean flanks and no tummy , and I could see from the way her breasts moved slightly when she walked that she wore nothing underneath her blouse ; I also had the feeling that she knew instantly that I knew . |
| 42 | It had been running through my thoughts so often that I knew it by heart , yet now I was suddenly afraid that I might do the wrong thing ! |
| 43 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 44 | I called , and Crispin answered , so cheerfully that I knew all was well . |
| 45 | It became clear from talking to parents that I had to see how what they said actually hooked up with their experience , the fine detail of it , and not to assume that I knew exactly what kind of lived experience lay behind a familiar form of words . |
| 46 | Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation . |
| 47 | And she thought , a little aggrieved : I do think Clelia might have told me , how could she assume that I knew her mother 's maiden name ? |
| 48 | I always felt that Basil was a very shy , warm hearted man with a special sort of honesty and I am glad that I knew him . |
| 49 | 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 ) . |
| 50 | For what is being suggested is that I knew today and not yesterday , despite the fact that there was no difference between the two days that I could tell at the time . |
| 51 | If we also assume that my neighbour assumed that I knew these facts about the world , and that I interpreted her words according to the co-operative principle , then we can also see why the way she actually phrased her request is not only true and relevant , but also brief and clear . |
| 52 | she assumed that I knew about the abilities and feelings of humans and cats , about houses , territory , and the socially stereotyped roles of women and men . |
| 53 | Now that I knew the source of Jean-Claude 's black eye and bruises , I felt lighter , and the chasm of distrust that had been opened up between Jean-Claude and myself in the rue de Sèvres , closed with the key Otto had unwittingly provided . |
| 54 | He knew , and he knew that I knew , that James was no more Jewish than I was . |
| 55 | I could see , as he sang , the years drop away — so that I knew him : the young and hopeful singer , all the best to come , a bottle no more than something to be cracked among friends . |
| 56 | I 'd study too , so that I knew more about everything than the cleverest professors . |
| 57 | This was the kind of prosaic patterning of self-absorption that I knew would entrance Mr Broadhurst . |
| 58 | I went totally mad because there was an officer there that I knew — an officer that had picked me up and everything — he had arrested me before , but had also done business with me . |
| 59 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 60 | As noon approached John adopted a behaviour pattern that I knew well : stretching , scratching , complacently sighing . |