Example sentences of "i knew [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More so , however , I knew somehow that my friend was bolstering up his own natural fear of loss and dread of death . |
| 2 | I knew immediately that the pilot was finished and stopped firing . |
| 3 | I knew immediately who they were — Oswald Mosley 's Blackshirts , indulging in their favourite pastime of Jewbaiting . |
| 4 | I knew immediately what your message meant : ‘ If you do n't pay up , one slash is all it takes . ’ ’ |
| 5 | So I knew immediately that he had never seen her . |
| 6 | As I entered , a man came out of a side room and I knew immediately he must be Long John . |
| 7 | I knew immediately what I wanted to call the rose , and asked her there and then . |
| 8 | I knew immediately what they were , she could n't very well deny it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The police did n't have to tell me , I knew immediately . |
| 10 | And when I got through I knew immediately by the tone of her voice that she was , there was something wrong . |
| 11 | He was kind of looking down and twiddling his pen , you know … and I mean I know it sounds stupid , but I did n't mind , I think I knew anyway . |
| 12 | It was something you could see , you know , I mean a lot of the things I knew anyway and knowing them is a different problem from actually putting them right . |
| 13 | The opportunity class teachers I knew either had some extra training and/or some special quality or flair . |
| 14 | But I think I knew unconsciously that the supposed crime was twofold : I was being punished for being female and for having grown up . |
| 15 | the magazine had the final say on the format of the finished pattern , so I found myself having to pass over things like ‘ Take off on a hand knitting needle ’ when I knew full well that it would be much easier to ‘ take off on waster yarn ’ . |
| 16 | I had the temerity to object to these insertions , because I knew full well from years of grubbing in the darker recesses of the phylum that the changes were in the mind rather than in the matter . |
| 17 | Before I reached my window I knew full well the terrible sight which surely awaited me . |
| 18 | I got talking to a Faber editor I knew slightly . |
| 19 | I sat in the office one afternoon when I was off-duty , toying with the usual coffee and a wad ( a hard NAAFI bun of indeterminate ingredients ) , watching a young aircrew Sergeant Wireless Op/Air Gunner whom I knew slightly . |
| 20 | I knew exactly how Max felt . |
| 21 | So I knew exactly why I wanted to conduct it . |
| 22 | Also , I knew exactly where the orchestra 's deficiencies were . |
| 23 | I was looking forward to the film because there 's a beginning and an end , and I knew exactly where the character was going . |
| 24 | I knew exactly what I was looking for , they had to be here somewhere , the one and only pair of knickers left uncontaminated in that disastrous load at the launderette , the stuff that had got washed along with that bargain-price bright-pink non-fast Indian-cotton mini-skirt from C&A . |
| 25 | But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do . |
| 26 | I knew exactly the accessories she 'd want . |
| 27 | I knew exactly what he meant , and I felt a seething of anger at his suggestion . |
| 28 | When the car stopped I knew exactly where we were . |
| 29 | I was glad that I knew exactly where Nigel was . |
| 30 | When I tried it , it was so beautiful that I knew exactly why people keep doing it . |