Example sentences of "but [pron] know [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no-one knew where he was . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ I went round to her house a couple of days later to see her but no-one knew where she was . |
| 3 | After he 'd gone Dad said he would consider what Mr Vulcan had said but I knew already what I wanted and I knew Dad would n't object . |
| 4 | But I knew where her father lived . |
| 5 | ‘ But I knew where I was with you ! ’ he says irritably . |
| 6 | In half an hour she felt a lot better , but I knew now it would be my job to see her safely down to the hut . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ So far I am lucky , but I know sometime it will happen . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm in the middle of the kiss before it occurs to me I might be dreaming , but I know immediately I 'm not . |
| 10 | I may have no one , but I know where I 'm going in life , I 've got a goal . |
| 11 | But I know where his friends live . |
| 12 | Anne is lost , but I know where she is . ’ |
| 13 | Of course , she keeps them locked — her precious ‘ confidentiality ’ — but I know where she keeps the spare key . ’ |
| 14 | Maggie has no phone , but I know where she works . |
| 15 | er perhaps Tom himself was erm not really concentrating very much but I know when we came back after the Christmas Day , the Boxing Day that is , erm , Tom was quite oblivious as to what had gone on on the Chr on the Christmas Eve , so I remember we c we put our heads together and erm came to erm some arrangement as to who should be invited for this next tractor course and nothing was ever said so I expect the right people went after all but erm it 's funny how when he was |
| 16 | But I know when we went in Co-op the other day , last week were it there was a load |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not a modest woman , ’ she said , ‘ but I know when I 'm outclassed . ’ |
| 18 | But I know why I feel guilty . |
| 19 | ‘ No , sir , I do n't know that , but I know why he was waiting at the gate . |
| 20 | But I know roughly what the freight for so many tons , say , of bananas from the Canaries is worth , and we 're not getting enough trade to keep going . |
| 21 | ‘ But I know 'ow we 're doin . |
| 22 | But I know now I must save up my escape attempts . |
| 23 | I wanted to help people , but I know now it 's rare you can help people . ’ |
| 24 | But I know how you must feel . |
| 25 | " But nobody knows where he is , what 'll I do in the meantime ? " |
| 26 | no I feel about a I I 'll I 've said to Ann , no I feel alright Ann but you know just I du n no I 'm not quite myself am I ? |
| 27 | The sentence : ‘ Algerian milk runs quickly up a drainpipe ’ has almost certainly never appeared in print before ( another NI first ) but you know exactly what is meant . |
| 28 | Back in the city there were thousand of people doomed , dying and all unnecessarily because here was plenty , here was sufficient for the whole city and possibly the greatest sin that you and I can be guilty of and that the church is generally guilty of , but you know when we talk about the church generally its , its so easy because that 's general , you and I that are the church , not the denomination , not the organization , it you and I , possibly the greatest sin that we can be guilty of is the sin of silence , I 'm not talking now about a rude , belligerent , discourteous , butting hole , button holding of people , I 'm not talking about that , I do n't see any place in gods word for that sort of attitude or that sort of approach but are we still silent , what about with those with whom we have the right , because we 've created a relationship , because they know us and they 've seen us and they 've seen the experiences we 've gone through and they 've seen what god has done in our lives , what about with those people do we wait for others to do it , shifting the responsibility . |
| 29 | I know those pictures there are just showing you the result of something but you know when we discuss erm er a p er a situation it 's not a theoretical situation , it 's something which happened , something that does happen . |
| 30 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |