Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pron] know where [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had always found that once you knew where you were wrong , then you had taken a great step towards being right . |
| 2 | on the grounds that until I knew where I 'd got |
| 3 | there were quite a bit Lyness , because I remember once the Hoy Head coming down from Stromness with a lot of party makers aboard it and cameras out and afore they knew where they were the admiralty men was there whipping the films out of the cameras . |
| 4 | We had rather a lot to drink , and before I knew where I was I found myself being hustled into a broom closet by three men . |
| 5 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 6 | But her back was out of reach behind her head , and before I knew where I was , I was saying ‘ Hello ’ and holding out my hand . |
| 7 | Yeah , I said I 'd have a go and before I knew where I was I got got top billing . |
| 8 | One biscuit becomes a whole packet , one chocolate bar turns into three and before you know where you are you 've trapped yourself into a wholesale binge . |
| 9 | You know , rather like getting an adverse smear test , and before you know where you are you 've convinced yourself you 've got cancer when it was probably just a lousy smear and they did n't get enough cells . |
| 10 | But er if you had to paper the parlour was always papered in the ceiling but he kitchen was always whitewashed because we had these , if I explain to you these er fireplaces that er were n't very successful burning coal you know and the smoke would rise and before you knew where you were the ceiling was black again so sort of every so often up went the whitewash brush and you 'd whitewash the the ceiling . |
| 11 | For unless we know where we are we can not plan a course of action . |
| 12 | Turning to the right as though she knew where she was going , she approached the wing of the building which made up the right-hand side of the square . |