Example sentences of "but i know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well sorry , Anne , but I know too much about you to take this drivel . ’ |
| 2 | Not seriously , but I know me . |
| 3 | But I know what I want . |
| 4 | But I know this ; if it is going to work , there is no argument that denies Britain a place at the leading edge of what is happening . |
| 5 | Beth thought it was something to do with the heat haze but I know a centaur when I see one . |
| 6 | But I know that I was excited . |
| 7 | It 's dark , but I know it 's Marie cos she 's got her jangly boots on and I can hear them . |
| 8 | She do n't make no noise , but I know she 's crying . |
| 9 | It 's still like nighttime , but I know it ai n't cos there 's too many people about . |
| 10 | It 's a little complicated what he says , and I do n't follow it all , but I know he said carry straight on down this street , so I thank him and go off . |
| 11 | Father Christmas much , but I know it is , cos it 's got a red suit and a white beard . |
| 12 | ’ Fräulein Silber gave a wintry smile , ‘ and her coach is keeping her heights dark , but I know that she is keeping the bar up . |
| 13 | But I know it 's important to look good on stage so all my stage clothes are custom-made for me by a man called Franco Carretti . |
| 14 | But I know I would n't stop with a second opinion . |
| 15 | In his opening remarks in Russian , he said : ‘ I do n't like being the centre of a sensation , but I know I ca n't avoid it this time . ’ |
| 16 | Although the trees are still leafless , I do not get a glimpse of the hall until it is within a stone 's throw , so hidden is it by a dense screen of boughs and underwood ; but I know it is near at hand , for an ancient archway spans the path leading to the farmyard , and just beyond the Tudor gateway bearing several clear-cut coats of arms . |
| 17 | I do n't know what happened at this particular gig , but I know it was his home town — it was the most important gig to David because it was in front of a home crowd . |
| 18 | I 've never spoken to her myself but I know Angela had found it necessary to get her solicitor to write . ’ |
| 19 | Many of us from experience wish to say something like this : ‘ Lord , I do not have the ability to comprehend how you feed me through such simple gifts as this piece of bread or wafer or that sip of wine — but I know you do ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ She 's rather old , so one has to be frightfully careful , but I know you will be . |
| 21 | Or : ‘ I do n't understand all this modern poetry at all , but I know what I like , and for some reason your poems manage to penetrate even my thick head . |
| 22 | But I know that , last night , he damn well nearly did for me ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , but I know the officer . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't really want to imagine what they were like but I know it 's not an intense thing for him to do like Platoon was . |
| 25 | But I know there 's going to be problems on this . |
| 26 | Nobody can do anything , Doctor Sparrow does not answer , he refuses to listen , he gave me no reassurance , but I know , I know that I am seriously ill and there is no one here except my mother , and who is to look after her , Dorothea ? |
| 27 | ‘ But I know it is . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not that tall , but I know I look it , because I wear high heels — not to college , but when I go out . |
| 29 | It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going . |
| 30 | Other times , I feel so repressed and pressurised , I long to change the way I look , to be taller and lose some weight , but I know that 's not the answer . ’ |