Example sentences of "but i knew [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was fighting the way I felt , but I knew deep inside what was happening to me . ’ |
| 2 | But I knew differently . |
| 3 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 4 | ‘ I shouted for someone to get him out , but I knew instantly that he could n't be saved . |
| 5 | How far all this was homesickness or a defensive strategy against ( anticipated ? ) rejection by the surrounding community , or just sheer stubbornness , I now ca n't tell , but I knew even then that it had nothing to do with the world in which I was trying to live . |
| 6 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 7 | After he 'd gone Dad said he would consider what Mr Vulcan had said but I knew already what I wanted and I knew Dad would n't object . |
| 8 | But I knew straight away that you and that handsome husband of yours just had to be Leos ! ’ |
| 9 | I would have loved to have stayed because I really enjoy things like that , I love discos and get up and have a dance but I knew damn well that if I did I 'd be absolutely shattered today and I , I just would n't be with it so I , I said to Matthew I 'm going up . |
| 10 | But I knew very well the ones with fruits that we could eat , that provided food for birds , that had special flowers . |
| 11 | To myself it 's a matter of well my first reaction was to ask the C I D if they knew the situation between o of , that was my first response actually to when the phone call came in , but I knew very little about . |
| 12 | In half an hour she felt a lot better , but I knew now it would be my job to see her safely down to the hut . |
| 13 | But I knew then , and I know now . |
| 14 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 15 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 16 | I was only a couple of years older myself , but I knew enough never to believe a word he said . |
| 17 | I wished that I could talk well , and could continue this conversation until animosity was dissipated and we could all stand on some common ground , but I knew enough to admit that this would n't happen , and that the longer the talk went on the further apart we should all grow . |