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 . ’
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