Example sentences of "and i know [adv] " in BNC.
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31 | I am by no means inclined to consider Diodorus a mere copyist of his sources , and I know only too well that by stylistic criteria one could prove that Sir Ronald Syme is the author of some of the books written by his pupils . |
32 | And I know only one way you do that . |
33 | Because what I really want , after all , is to give them a true belief , and I know very well that , although I want my own beliefs to be true ( because that 's what makes them useful ) , we can all make mistakes . |
34 | And I know very well how much you love them all — especially the old rogue Abuelo Freitas . |
35 | I mean ah I know I know but then he 's pretty tied up and I know very well but even trying to get lunch with is difficult but there may be there may be I mean I know quite well but would want . |
36 | ‘ Oh hello , Celia , ’ she said and I knew instantly that something was wrong . |
37 | And I knew just where you 'd be and how you 'd be lying . ’ |
38 | In our family my cousins and I knew well beforehand because there were always slightly older sisters and cousins who told us … |
39 | You look at a crowd of people , er last , a week , a week yesterday at Wembley at the Billy Graham mission there , er we were sitting in one place and I was looking for , for some other folk and I knew approximately where they were and there I was stand , they were , all you could really see was this mass of people , very difficult to pick out individuals within them but God does n't see it as a mass like that . |
40 | In fact , I was only going to stay a couple of years and move on , but … but I met you and I knew right from the beginning what was going to happen to me ; and it 's grown over these months during our supposedly accidental meetings here . |
41 | As I entered , a man came out of a side room and I knew immediately he must be Long John . |
42 | It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound . |
43 | I was looking forward to the film because there 's a beginning and an end , and I knew exactly where the character was going . |
44 | And I knew exactly the bike I wanted . |
45 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
46 | And I knew exactly what it was you they were talking about ! |
47 | I heard the pounding of rapid footsteps and I knew straight away that it was n't a policeman ( they wear rubber soles these days ) and then somebody yelled , ‘ Hey , you ! ’ |
48 | weather and I knew precisely what they meant . |
49 | I knew , of course , that one or other of the suore kept a constant eye on how we behaved , and I knew too that had they noticed anything ‘ unusual ’ I would have been given a severe talking-to and told not to come back . |
50 | It was a six-letter word and I knew absolutely nothing about it . |
51 | The other students stayed seated , all turned towards the newcomer , anxious to make his acquaintance , and I knew only too well that he could have any one of them he liked as his friend . |
52 | He reflected , ‘ It was a disaster , this movie , and I knew then it was going to set me back . ’ |
53 | ‘ Hi , Cameron , ’ he said , and I knew then he 'd been aware of me all the time . |
54 | I saw the look the malai doctors gave each other and I knew then he would never see again . |
55 | And then I leaned up to look down into your face , and saw the same vulnerability echoed there , your eyes almost purple , dazed , uncomprehending , and I knew then that I could n't let you go . |
56 | But I had my book , and I knew roughly where all the bits were . |
57 | And I knew all too well that we possess our lover only in our minds , that passionate love is incom-patible with life . |
58 | ‘ In the end Brian and I knew almost without saying where the ball would go to , particularly if the opposition tried a last-second diversion . |
59 | There he was , trying to blackmail me to leave the company or face a false charge of fraud , and I knew so much about his underhand behaviour . |
60 | But it had all happened so quickly — and I knew so little about you — except that I 'd fallen in love with you . ’ |