Example sentences of "i knew [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew immediately what your message meant : ‘ If you do n't pay up , one slash is all it takes . ’ ’ |
| 2 | I knew immediately what I wanted to call the rose , and asked her there and then . |
| 3 | I knew immediately what they were , she could n't very well deny it . ’ |
| 4 | I knew immediately who they were — Oswald Mosley 's Blackshirts , indulging in their favourite pastime of Jewbaiting . |
| 5 | As I entered , a man came out of a side room and I knew immediately he must be Long John . |
| 6 | I knew exactly what I was looking for , they had to be here somewhere , the one and only pair of knickers left uncontaminated in that disastrous load at the launderette , the stuff that had got washed along with that bargain-price bright-pink non-fast Indian-cotton mini-skirt from C&A . |
| 7 | But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do . |
| 8 | I knew exactly what he meant , and I felt a seething of anger at his suggestion . |
| 9 | It became clear from talking to parents that I had to see how what they said actually hooked up with their experience , the fine detail of it , and not to assume that I knew exactly what kind of lived experience lay behind a familiar form of words . |
| 10 | And when they brought the key , I knew exactly what it was — a left-luggage locker-key . |
| 11 | And I knew exactly what it was you they were talking about ! |
| 12 | I knew whenever I saw her , first time I was in the shop that I recognized her from somewhere . |
| 13 | Now I knew why they were so sad , and why they were poor . |
| 14 | I knew why he was fearful . |
| 15 | Now I knew why there were so many badly-written books — Mark was proof-reading them . |
| 16 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 17 | I knew why I was famous : I was a good lyric writer and had ability on stage . |
| 18 | You 're right , are n't you Yes , once he got going , I knew why I 'd been holding back . |
| 19 | ‘ When I saw you again I knew why I had waited so long to marry . |
| 20 | The wind was high when I knocked at her door , and I heard a voice from within that I knew not what to make of , though it sounded like the lullaby of a Mother to her Baby . |
| 21 | We had lost the press buses and one of the Gofers , a merchant banker , came up to me on the tarmac to ask if I knew where they were . |
| 22 | So her hands were up and they were off before I knew where they were . |
| 23 | He knows all about them kind of things , I do n't well I knew where they come |
| 24 | And in the evening I looked for them , and then I saw them of course , I knew where they were and I thought quite longly we were right in the front . |
| 25 | I knew where we were now — we were back at the Avon Gorge . |
| 26 | Like the driver I knew where we were going without being told . |
| 27 | But I knew where her father lived . |
| 28 | Instead , now that I knew where she was living , I contacted my solicitors and instructed them to start divorce proceedings . |
| 29 | I knew where she was , the fancy house in Delaporte , any night at the Big Bamboo . |
| 30 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |