Example sentences of "[conj] i know [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't think too much about this at the time , although I knew they usually only had money for their ‘ little pleasures ’ after they 'd done the washing and pawned it . |
| 2 | Although I knew I probably should n't , I could n't help looking as he rummaged through the marvellous things in the cupboard . |
| 3 | ‘ I would have thought that I knew him fairly well , but in writing the lyrics I found depths I had never contemplated . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why have I always felt that I knew you before ? ’ |
| 5 | I think we might say that I know you too . |
| 6 | ‘ I try to just get the feelings across that I know he probably felt . |
| 7 | She 's not too unpleasant , even if she does pretend to like me more than I know she really does . |
| 8 | ‘ Brian said he felt Jason could do us a job , and I know him well enough to realise that his judgement is worth following . |
| 9 | ‘ It takes all your colour , ’ she began hesitantly , ‘ and I know I hardly look as though I would know which colour went with what , or what suited whom … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 11 | And I know you quite liked this did n't you ? |
| 12 | We d Okay we do n't know , we want to ask them we w So if you are an MP in North Yorkshire and er you think I 'm giving you a hard time and I know you sneakily listen to this programme , I know you listen . |
| 13 | sense that you and I know it anyway . |
| 14 | And I know it now . ’ |
| 15 | Staring in , she said , ‘ It was best to know the worst , and I know it now ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ At the record company party , on their hands a dead star at last , the sycophantic slags all say , ‘ I knew him best and I knew him well ’ . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I had known David for quite a long time ; we come from Cambridge and I knew him vaguely in the early days — I remember when he joined the Floyd in fact — and I 'd seen him socially over the years . |
| 18 | ‘ I like your mother and I knew she badly wanted to stay . ’ |
| 19 | The realist strategy involved comparing the description of the person with the subject him/herself or someone the subject was familiar with ; ‘ I also related a lot of the adjectives to whether they were like me ’ , ‘ … and rated the person as if I knew them personally . |
| 20 | Sometimes I do it if I know them quite well . |
| 21 | He blustered and turned scarlet as if caught out in a crime , and tried to bluff it out , but I knew him too well . |
| 22 | I nearly I 'm lacking indoors , I 'm very lacking indoors I nearly lay down last night but I knew I just wanted to be |
| 23 | It is of little use to remember the answer to an examination question as you leave the room , or to say later with head in hands , " But I knew it so well " , surprised at your ability to remember it now but your inability to recall it at the time when you most needed it . |
| 24 | Later you will grunt in exasperated tones : " But I knew it so well ! " |
| 25 | ‘ He tried to say it was too much worry for him but I know him too well to believe that . |
| 26 | I did n't know it then , but I know it now : both dogs were jealous of me . |
| 27 | It was n't difficult ; I lost you for a moment when you covered your hair , but I know you too well for you to be able to hide from me . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But I know you better than he does ! |
| 29 | I will not take no unless I know she really means it , as strongly as she kissed me . |
| 30 | ‘ But you see , if I do n't ask you the name on the cheque , it 's because I know it already … ’ |