Example sentences of "next thing i know [pron] was " in BNC.

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1 Next thing I knew there was a police van outside . ’
2 Next thing I knew there was old Boris sitting opposite me at my desk showing me a range of snaps that might , even now , command some good prices in the appropriate journals .
3 But the old bat was always hanging around — and then the next thing I knew she was telling me you 'd signed the lease .
4 Next thing I knew he was at the door , insisting that I accept the invitation and asking me if I was prepared to make another documentary with him !
5 As soon as I realised I told him it must stop , but the next thing I knew he was spouting the same fiction to a reporter . ’
6 The next thing I knew he was pulling me up by my hair .
7 The next thing I knew it was in the back of the net and I was celebrating .
8 The next thing I knew I was looking straight up the barrel of this gun because the Fairey Fox was no more than 12ft away from the cabin and the pilot was very annoyed .
9 I just slipped , next thing I knew I was down here ; funny thing is , it do n't really hurt — I ca n't feel much at all . ’
10 The next thing I knew I was on the floor . ’
11 And I say can I go to Hertford please and they did n't ask me how old I was , they just like the next thing I knew I was whacked out this six hundred quid ticket .
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