Example sentences of "and i knew [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was looking forward to the film because there is a beginning and an end , and I knew where the character was going . ’ |
| 2 | I knew the course because of playing it in my army days , and I knew where the worst of the rough was , but that did n't count for much after the first day . |
| 3 | And I knew why . |
| 4 | But by the time I 'd got to the summer term the things that had failed had failed and I knew why , and I was n't feeling too inclined to change them particularly at the time because they had n't failed to the point where the class was in chaos . |
| 5 | ‘ I feared even at the eleventh hour that it would not be possible — and I knew not when we could meet else . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh hello , Celia , ’ she said and I knew instantly that something was wrong . |
| 7 | And I knew just where you 'd be and how you 'd be lying . ’ |
| 8 | In our family my cousins and I knew well beforehand because there were always slightly older sisters and cousins who told us … |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As I entered , a man came out of a side room and I knew immediately he must be Long John . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I was looking forward to the film because there 's a beginning and an end , and I knew exactly where the character was going . |
| 14 | And I knew exactly the bike I wanted . |
| 15 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 16 | And I knew exactly what it was you they were talking about ! |
| 17 | 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 ! ’ |
| 18 | weather and I knew precisely what they meant . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It was a six-letter word and I knew absolutely nothing about it . |
| 21 | I am a business man and I knew how marketable he was . |
| 22 | Though I say it myself , your mother and I knew how to throw a party . |
| 23 | I could learn procedures and facts for a short time and I knew how to regurgitate them for examinations . |
| 24 | I 'd been through the trauma of losing a house once before and I knew how demoralizing and degrading it is . |
| 25 | I felt sure I would never see poor Glumdalclitch again , and I knew how sad she would be to lose me . |
| 26 | Clearly those calves had drained him and I knew how he felt . |
| 27 | But I always knew you were fiercely independent and I knew how you 'd react to my eternal presence if you realised I was there as a self-appointed bodyguard . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He reflected , ‘ It was a disaster , this movie , and I knew then it was going to set me back . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Hi , Cameron , ’ he said , and I knew then he 'd been aware of me all the time . |