Example sentences of "[pron] knew what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I knew what the doctor at the Centre thought of me , and he was n't far wrong . |
| 2 | When I came over here , I knew what the LH and the Grand Cherokee were , but they had not been introduced and I had n't driven them . |
| 3 | I knew what the limits were , so I could brace myself . |
| 4 | And I said , ‘ Yes , ’ because right away I knew what the question was telling me . |
| 5 | I would have left had I not seen he was wearing something I had n't seen on him before , and had to ask him about it , certain I knew what the answer would be . |
| 6 | I knew what the score was , let's put it that way . |
| 7 | I knew what the creature would look like without its disguise … |
| 8 | Clearly it was I who should have spoken these words , but already I had a feeling that I knew what the brown paper and the ribbed cardboard concealed , and I was n't going to say a word until time or circumstance compelled me . |
| 9 | I knew what the next request would be : not to visit him again . |
| 10 | Yes , I knew what the Josephs were doing , but it was not up to me to stop them . |
| 11 | She was afraid , and so was I. I knew what the atmosphere at stadium events can be like , the way some people discard their inhibitions and normal standards of behaviour … |
| 12 | In fact , I do n't think I knew what the word ‘ erudite ’ meant until I met Kenneth . |
| 13 | ‘ Under the shadow of the very great crisis ’ , Lyle argued at the North West Ham Conservative Club , ‘ nobody knew what the result might have been ’ : |
| 14 | So I thought I 'd wait a year or two and let people get into the techno thing and get used to being more receptive to what it is , as opposed to what it was in ‘ 86 , when nobody knew what the term was and everybody was scared of technology . |
| 15 | Thomas was sent for tests but nobody knew what the problem was . |
| 16 | She knew what the sensible course of action was . |
| 17 | With a comprehension not entirely formed , she knew what the expression ‘ having an affair ’ meant , though the details of what her mother and Mr Stacey actually did together were hazy . |
| 18 | Now , she knew what the sting in the tail would be . |
| 19 | She knew what the child had meant , saying he had devils in him . |
| 20 | She had seen the little plastic bowls of grey water at the back of the hot-dog stall in which the woman rinsed her horrible cloth ; she knew what the lavatories in the park were like . |
| 21 | Now she knew what the heat meant . |
| 22 | She knew what the singing in the air had been and her arms crept around his neck as he drew her closer still . |
| 23 | She knew what the question was and her eyes held no fear , only need . |
| 24 | A second later she knew what the sound was , for having heard her too , the most beautiful Dobermann suddenly came tearing round the side of the house and charged full pelt at her . |
| 25 | I stayed well clear of the sort of people who thought I had a dead-end job in the Civil Service , and those who knew what the job was stayed clear of me . |
| 26 | If you knew what the lecturer controlling your studies was to do in the way of arranging these in a particular order , you could make a skeleton in linear form , one heading following another and falling into a hierarchy of importance . |
| 27 | Once you knew what the routine was , it was much easier to fit in . |
| 28 | ‘ If you knew what the oil companies are putting in the sea . |
| 29 | If you knew what the combination of circumstances were , then you could perhaps re-do your spreadsheet with a different way to avoid it . |
| 30 | If each family was to have the services of a senior and a junior counsel , the costs would be enormous , and at that stage no one knew what the position would be regarding the question of Legal Aid . |