Example sentences of "knew things " in BNC.
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| 1 | People believed they knew things that could never be shared ; mysteries too deep and powerful for outsiders to understand . |
| 2 | Frankie liked Nanny 's house because it was warm and brightly lit , but he was rarely allowed to go there alone because Smallfry knew things about it that he would never understand . |
| 3 | His heart was still banging away unhealthily and his breath was wheezing with its late efforts , but he knew things were under control again . |
| 4 | They always knew things were bad when they came back from school together to William 's house and found William 's grandad painting battleships . |
| 5 | The other teachers in the department were prepared to support Rick in this , partly because of their personal and professional regard for him , but also because they too knew things had to change because of the GCSE . |
| 6 | All those years ago he knew things and said that services should be replanned in London , but did nothing whatever about it . |
| 7 | I knew things were getting a little out of hand . |
| 8 | I have not done that before in my career , but I knew things would not happen for us without action being taken . |