Example sentences of "but i know [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 ‘ So far I am lucky , but I know sometime it will happen . ’
5 I 'm in the middle of the kiss before it occurs to me I might be dreaming , but I know immediately I 'm not .
6 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 .
7 But I know now I must save up my escape attempts .
8 I wanted to help people , but I know now it 's rare you can help people . ’
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