Example sentences of "i knew [that] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that tonight she would make love to another man . |
| 2 | But I knew that somewhere down the line there would be some formal identification or an inquest where , with my luck , I 'd run across Billy 's mum and the cat would be out of the bag , to coin a very sick phrase . |
| 3 | I knew that instead of returning — as I had hoped , a year ago — to easier times ahead , with the opera scheduled for transmission and further commissions being made on its back , more difficult times were ahead . |
| 4 | From that day I ate only pasta dressed with butter and felt safe , because I knew that however late I arrived it would have been saved for me ; no one else would eat it plain . |
| 5 | ‘ Within ten minutes of this 28-year-old youngster taking the platform , I knew that here was one of the dozen finest orators in the country . |
| 6 | Mind you , he did n't force me , but I knew that even successful businessmen asked his advice , so perhaps I might find out what this study of how to work was all about . |
| 7 | We seldom discussed politics but I knew that even though they belonged officially to a Fascist organization their sentiments were more inclined to the local brand of Communism . |
| 8 | I knew that just beyond the narrow sea separating the two countries there were at least fifty warships ready to attack us , with many other smaller ships . |
| 9 | I knew that eventually I would have to walk into that screaming cloud . |
| 10 | So it was a way of getting out and I knew that eventually the council would have to rehouse me . |
| 11 | Robert Courtney Edwin Robertson writes : Whenever I answered the telephone in the fifties and sixties and heard the anxious voice at the other end saying ‘ Here is Hartvell ’ ( he never quite managed that English ‘ W ’ ) , I knew that either my deadline for an article was passed or he had some exciting new book for me to review . |
| 12 | Robert Courtney Edwin Robertson writes : Whenever I answered the telephone in the fifties and sixties and heard the anxious voice at the other end saying ‘ Here is Hartvell ’ ( he never quite managed that English ‘ W ’ ) , I knew that either my deadline for an article was passed or he had some exciting new book for me to review . |
| 13 | I knew that soon I would have to come to grips with what had happened , to wring some meaning out of it to make it endurable ; but for the moment I simply could n't bear to think about it . |
| 14 | Her kindness touched me , but I knew that soon she would hear the lies about me , and then she would hate me ! |
| 15 | But I knew that almost from the very start , ’ he said grimly . |
| 16 | But then the other came at me , and the one on the top stabbed again , and I knew that now there were moments only . |
| 17 | I knew that academically I was the least qualified and assumed I would n't get it . |
| 18 | I knew that only four miles away was my real home , Thrushcross Grange , containing the only people I loved in the world . |
| 19 | I knew that only two riders together would n't be able to stay clear to the finish , but when the break went on the circuit there was only me and my teammate Brian Smith chasing . ’ |
| 20 | You had no right to be ashamed of me , and I knew that all along , remember , even if you 've only just discovered it , so I did n't see why I should pander to your wish to keep our affair a secret , ’ she confessed defiantly . |
| 21 | I knew that occasionally people put their heads in gas ovens , but there was no mention of that . |