Example sentences of "knew [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Damian knew right away that it had to be Japan or nothing . |
| 2 | She 'd wondered briefly about trying to pass the job along to Adele , but knew right away that it would n't work out ; she was supposed to be the unsentimental one , after all , the hard business-head and the scourge of the tradesmen . |
| 3 | She knew right then that she could not face it if Alain married someone else . |
| 4 | In fact , she knew darn well that she did n't . |
| 5 | He never knocked his origins in American racing , but also he knew damned well that technologically America was behind and that in America you could do spectacular things but in grand prix racing you needed savvy , experience , strategy ; you had to have the smarts . |
| 6 | Seeing Harry coming down the wet , narrow street , she knew straight away that he was bringing bad news . |
| 7 | 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 ! ’ |
| 8 | But I knew straight away that you and that handsome husband of yours just had to be Leos ! ’ |
| 9 | Barnes , 30 , added : ‘ I knew fairly soon that I was out of the Test match and now I am struggling to be fit for the Taranaki game on Wednesday . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She knew perfectly well that he was not very interested in paintings and that he was looking only for a secluded place where he could kiss her . |
| 12 | Ian knew perfectly well that his father loathed being called prof , disliked intensely the way the boy went between the bathroom and his room with his towel flung over his shoulder so that he could flaunt his nakedness . |
| 13 | It was a considerable risk ; he knew perfectly well that Graham Moloney would certainly disagree with him with some violence . |
| 14 | This , Miss Miggs explained , was because her hand had become too shaky to form the letters clearly , but Christine knew perfectly well that the old lady could n't write . |
| 15 | ‘ And Jean-Paul can be as stubborn as a mule , and you knew perfectly well that if you 'd told him what you felt , he would have dug in his heels and insisted . ’ |
| 16 | She made some weak excuse when she telephoned to break the appointment , but she knew perfectly well that she was apprehensive about going out in case the weather changed and it began to rain . |
| 17 | One of my former patients , whose ex-husband had spent their entire marriage telling her that she was ‘ stupid ’ or ‘ brainless ’ , told me that , although she knew perfectly well that this was not true , by the time she had heard it said every day for the twelve years they had been together she had begun to believe that there must be something in it . |
| 18 | Oh , he knew perfectly well that women like her could be bad news . |
| 19 | She knew perfectly well that she and Ludo were right for each other . |
| 20 | He knew perfectly well that the software was going into the Ministry of Defence , he had not asked to what use it would be put when it was installed , and he certainly hoped there would be more of the same . |
| 21 | I knew perfectly well that he respected the Manager and even liked him though it was against his nature to admit it ; the thing that maddened him was that this had happened behind his back , and for a reason which he obviously found as inadequate as I did . |
| 22 | I knew perfectly well that if ever that crowd got hold of them none of them would have been left to tell the tale and took immediate steps for them to escape by the windows at the rear of the premises . |
| 23 | As he soaped Miranda 's back , Adam knew perfectly well that she was about to propose to him again . |
| 24 | I wanted to tell him calmly that I knew perfectly well that it was absurd and quite understood the point of his questions . |
| 25 | The extreme snobbery of this abstruse observation would have been rude had it been clear , for Lydia knew perfectly well that the Molesworths were the sort of people who picnicked in lay-bys , bringing little chairs and tables and using the car boot as a sort of sideboard . |
| 26 | We also had to make it plain that the present was for Mr Eliot , though we knew perfectly well that he would share it with John Hayward . |
| 27 | She really wanted a cup of tea and she knew perfectly well that Glyn would serve her up something that looked like brown shoe polish . |
| 28 | She did n't want to see him although she knew perfectly well that he would have to be faced . |
| 29 | She wanted to leave Alain 's mother with the very best impression and she knew perfectly well that if she sat with Alain there would be only brooding silence . |
| 30 | She knew perfectly well that it was not , but to her surprise nerves were getting the better of her . |