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 . ’ |