Example sentences of "[conj] i knew [adv] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , now that I knew where she was living , I contacted my solicitors and instructed them to start divorce proceedings . |
| 2 | He reflected , ‘ It was a disaster , this movie , and I knew then it was going to set me back . ’ |
| 3 | We had lost the press buses and one of the Gofers , a merchant banker , came up to me on the tarmac to ask if I knew where they were . |
| 4 | If I knew where he was , perhaps I would still try to . |
| 5 | If I knew where he was I would n't have come . |
| 6 | ‘ If I knew where he was why would I come here ? ’ |
| 7 | If I knew where it was , do you think I 'd get blown up time after time . ’ |
| 8 | He just asked me if I knew where she was and then I watched him disappear out of the room . |
| 9 | ‘ But I knew where I was with you ! ’ he says irritably . |
| 10 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 11 | So her hands were up and they were off before I knew where they were . |
| 12 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 13 | We had rather a lot to drink , and before I knew where I was I found myself being hustled into a broom closet by three men . |
| 14 | Before I knew where I was we had begun our organization , choosing Sisters Against Disablement as its name . |
| 15 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 16 | But her back was out of reach behind her head , and before I knew where I was , I was saying ‘ Hello ’ and holding out my hand . |
| 17 | Yeah , I said I 'd have a go and before I knew where I was I got got top billing . |