Example sentences of "[adj] [that] i know " in BNC.

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1 Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation .
2 It was so clear that I knew I 'd been blind .
3 I know what it is to be alone , to fear death , I know and she is unaware that I know , and yet I have to go to her , I have to leave the safety of my room .
4 The antithesis between the modern-day racing car and the Stone Age circuit was such that I knew every driver was taking his life in his hands in the most ludicrous degree . ’
5 Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’
6 ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’
7 I was glad that I knew exactly where Nigel was .
8 I always felt that Basil was a very shy , warm hearted man with a special sort of honesty and I am glad that I knew him .
9 In fact I was sure that I knew who it was , and I thought Mala must be too .
10 Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life .
11 I 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’
12 And I find it hard to believe , because first of all you have to understand the word ‘ intelligent ’ in the way he meant it and I 'm not sure that I know what he meant ; and there are any number of ways of being intelligent .
13 And clearly anyone from outside Northwest Manchester has got to start looking at the are and doing some research and finding out where the big firms are , who the important people are , etcetera , to make sure that I know the area that I 'm candidate in .
14 I am not precisely sure that I know what the right hon. Gentleman had in mind on sentencing policy , but I am happy to engage in exchanges outside .
15 and from what I understood he was already married anyway , never , never was mentioned here , but I did hear it , whether it was true or not I 'm not say it , but I was told that he was already married and divorced to marry her , that was what I was told , no I mean I do n't know , but but I 'm damn sure that I know
16 And I 'm confident that I know that one reason why you are so upset at this moment is because you realize you made such an awful fool of yourself , have n't you ? ’
17 Supple entwinement through the living moss which for all that I knew might have no end , Image of an endless embrace
18 It would take me two weeks to reveal all that I know . ’
19 For although I am sure he never had the chance to encounter a tiger beneath the dining table , when I think over all that I know or have heard concerning him , I can think of at least several instances of his displaying in abundance that very quality he so admired in the butler of his story .
20 ‘ Cornwall is the Cornucopia , the compleate and repleate Horne of Abundence , for high churlish Hills and affable courteous people : they are loving to requite a kindness , placable to remit a wrong , and hardy to retort injuries ; the country hath its share of huge stones , mighty rocks , noble , free Gentlemen , bountiful housekeepers , strong and stout men … handsome , beautiful women and ( for all that I know ) there is not one Cornish Cuckold to be found in the whole county .
21 All that I know so far — at least , all that is worth telling here — is that there are a number of different glycoproteins of a variety of molecular weights , on both pre- and postsynaptic sides of the membrane , involved in the response to training on the bead .
22 I turned to Jamie and then the girl , cleared my throat and said quite clearly : ‘ I did n't know if you two ever shared or , indeed , still do share , for that matter , for all that I know , at least mutually between yourselves but at any rate not including me — the misconception I once perchanced to place upon the words contained upon yonder sign , but it is a fact that I thought the ‘ union ’ referred to in said nomenclature delineated an association of working people , and it did seem to me at the time to be quite a socialist thing for the town fathers to call a street ; it struck me that all was not yet lost as regards the prospects for a possible peace or at the very least a cease-fire in the class war if such acknowledgements of the worth of trade unions could find their way on to such a venerable and important thoroughfare 's sign , but I must admit I was disabused of this sadly over-optimistic notion when my father-God rest his sense of humour-informed me that it was the then recently confirmed union of the English and Scottish parliaments the local worthies-in common with hundreds of other town councils throughout what had until that point been an independent realm — were celebrating with such solemnity and permanence , doubtless with a view to the opportunities for profit which this early form of takeover bid offered . ’
23 All that I know about insurance I have gleamed from courses such as this .
24 The difference between the way we saw life as young people — especially the amoral attitude to sex — and the conventional way of portraying it on screen was so great that I knew we were on the verge of a big change .
25 I think there 's I think there 's quite a few and I think this is what swayed it , the fact that they have had erm , I know of at least ten say ten , there 's one , two , three on the other side of the road which is good because Bob which is another one , so that 's four , there 's which is the other side of the shop , is five , there 's us , six , Jean seven , the eight , erm the guy the other side of the which is nine , there is Ginny over the and the erm old persons ' home , that 's ten that I know of for certain about , er and then I 've heard of other people were gon na be writing in , now whether they actually did or not I do n't know
26 This is a little hard : Eaux-Chaudes is a gloomy place , but not hellish that I know of .
27 When I tried it , it was so beautiful that I knew exactly why people keep doing it .
28 During my time as a gamekeeper it was essential that I knew the precise location of all these extended burrows .
29 But it remains essential that I know their candidates ' attitudes before deciding .
30 Well the blacksmiths made two that I know of .
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