Example sentences of "knew i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was enough to captivate the hardest heart and mine took an uncomfortable , half pleasurable jump , and I knew I was lost . |
| 2 | ‘ I tried to hate you but deep down I knew I was lost and that , however many lovers you 'd previously had , I was going to be the last one . |
| 3 | She … she knew I was leaving the room . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ She knew I was leaving . |
| 5 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |
| 6 | ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew I was leaving them with the basis of a good side and a first-rate manager in Nigel Best . |
| 8 | I knew I was leaving . |
| 9 | You knew I was expecting to stay at the hotel , and that was the only reason I agreed to come with you . |
| 10 | so , once , I knew I was starfished somewhere |
| 11 | At one time it was quite obvious that his main sponsor , Essex Petroleum , run by the flamboyant American ex-decorator and former Brussels bus-boy , David Thieme , was in some sort of dire trouble and that this trouble was bound to affect Team Lotus as it did ; Chapman knew I was looking into the complex affairs of Thieme and Thieme 's longstanding relations with Lotus . |
| 12 | It was no accident , and I knew I was looking at several hundred pounds ' worth of damage . |
| 13 | And eventually I found a job er as assistant to the er clerking to the rating officer , who had also been a member of t , who was a member of the chapel , and er knew I was looking for a job and er , I had n't written to him cos I did n't know this one was coming up . |
| 14 | The next thing I knew I was looking straight up the barrel of this gun because the Fairey Fox was no more than 12ft away from the cabin and the pilot was very annoyed . |
| 15 | I knew I was looking for something . |
| 16 | I always knew I was adopted , so why could n't I have had the whole truth ? |
| 17 | He knew I was living with someone , living in sin . ’ |
| 18 | It did n't bother me , I knew I was engaged to be married , and in those days as soon as you were going to be married you left your job … that is the only thing we girls had to look forward to , getting married and going on our own , getting our bottom drawer together and things like that … |
| 19 | I knew I was telling a lie . |
| 20 | They knew I was catching the plane ; they came running in from all over the place with their big zoom lenses and what they want is : the butterfly 's wings are broken , so let's get a picture of her face . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew I was risking the possibility of offending referees or other people . |
| 22 | I watched it for a day or two , then they sent me out of that part of the house , because they knew I was watching what went on . |
| 23 | I never discovered for certain if he knew I was watching him . |
| 24 | Certainly , when I watched her in the St Trinian 's films , I knew I was watching someone who not only knew all of the people I knew , but could do a wicked job of ‘ taking them off ’ ! |
| 25 | After all , I had ‘ covered ’ the Boys ' Parliament sessions and other church activities for him on a free lance basis , and I was sure he knew I was determined to take up journalism as a full-time and life-long career . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , at least she knew I was born on a Wednesday … |
| 27 | I knew I was hooked . |
| 28 | You knew I was getting wed . |
| 29 | It was painful and the more painful it became the nearer I knew I was getting . |
| 30 | 1 suppose she knew I was wanting to talk to you . " |