Example sentences of "i knew [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I saw Piers 's helmet lying on the track , so I knew whose car it was … |
| 2 | A point emphasized by her former form captain , Delissa Needham : ‘ She was the only girl I knew whose parents were divorced . |
| 3 | ‘ I was n't sure I knew myself . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I said I had come to the time I knew myself . |
| 5 | I knew myself to be , for those few hours , Queen of his heart . |
| 6 | I knew myself to be stupid , but I sometimes felt that I was n't alone , and that stupidity was a condition which age did not ease . |
| 7 | Now I knew myself to be bad in a bad world , a vessel of poison afloat in a sea of poison , and I thought that this was all there was to know . |
| 8 | I knew myself in his power ; as never before I felt myself powerless , a thin be-navelled creature without understanding . |
| 9 | I knew myself . |
| 10 | When you spoke of this eagle I knew whom you meant for she was the last of our kind who carried wisdom in her wings . |
| 11 | I had moved the rubber-handled wrench from the right side of the driver 's seat to the left but I knew its presence was mostly psychological . |
| 12 | ‘ Although if I knew them and I wanted a nice picture — smiling , arms around each other — I would call out to them , but not before I reached the third frame . ’ |
| 13 | Whatever it was , the moment I saw the Parsons I knew them for British as surely as though they 'd had the word stamped on their hides like bacon . |
| 14 | ‘ It depends whether I knew them . |
| 15 | I do not believe that at any time , and certainly not at any time when I knew them , was there any emotional relationship between Harold Wilson and Marcia Williams . |
| 16 | And so as I grew up er they knew me and I knew them and I was to need one or two later on , for various reasons , but er you could n't see it at the time . |
| 17 | Walter Belling , Stanley Furle , Sir Redvers Tilley — you name them , I knew them . |
| 18 | And I 'll say this now , they was in business there , nextdoor , and I knew them like that , they says any machinery come here and use it , and they 'd got shears and all that sort of thing , and with their help , you know , I had these four locks and did them and took them down in no time to m to er , to and they was flabbergasted because of the quickness of them , you know , and they says er we can always find you sommat to work if er this is the case . |
| 19 | ‘ I knew them . ’ |
| 20 | You know friends of mine , I knew them . |
| 21 | I thought I knew them , |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I knew them . |
| 24 | Thus the RAF and the nation were deprived of one of its most gallant battle leaders , amongst the bravest of the brave — I knew them all , I walked in their shadows . |
| 25 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 26 | Ah yeah , the , the and I knew them . |
| 27 | ‘ You see , I knew her . ’ |
| 28 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |
| 29 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |
| 30 | By the time I knew her , she was a mature woman . |