Example sentences of "knew exactly [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm going out with some friends — from work , ’ she added , then had the uncomfortable feeling that her mother knew exactly whom she was going out with . |
| 2 | If the recommendations became law , unauthorised entry to a computer through carelessness would technically be an offence , so there was more of an onus on companies to ensure that all employees knew exactly what they were authorised to do , a spokesman said . |
| 3 | He had devoted Sunday evening to making a plan of action and knew exactly what he and everyone else he could press into service was going to be doing this morning . |
| 4 | When a sound start was then followed by a sparkling 80 from Richards , a classical 84 from Hooper and a thumping 72 from Marshall , with even Ambrose making 43 , we knew exactly what was what , and when Richards declared on the fourth evening at 448 for 9 , leaving England with a day plus 51 overs to survive , there were probably not many people who thought they would make it . |
| 5 | Civil disobedience on the Gandhian pattern was still strange to Britain and no one knew exactly what to do next . |
| 6 | People said he was a fool , but I think he knew exactly what he was doing . |
| 7 | Mr Alan Houghton , group director of the Selby mine complex , of which Stillingfleet is one of five collieries , said : ‘ Everybody knew exactly what we were doing . |
| 8 | The rest were wrapped up in a fog , from drugs or cracked minds , but Anne knew exactly what was going on . |
| 9 | Since they knew exactly what was going to happen the others usually grabbed him , tied up the red scarf and sat him down . |
| 10 | If only the great wide world of cinema audiences knew exactly what happened … |
| 11 | Gently , deftly , as if he now knew exactly what to do , Marcus turned Pat on to his back , pulling him slightly toward the centre of the bed and laying his arms out straight beside his body . |
| 12 | The little wife knew exactly what she was doing . |
| 13 | She knew exactly what she wanted to say but the words would n't come . |
| 14 | He fortunately knew exactly what was wanted and would talk to John for hours on end , about the making of music , history , composers etc. , to such good effect that , when John wanted to put music to ballet , he knew exactly what he wanted . |
| 15 | He fortunately knew exactly what was wanted and would talk to John for hours on end , about the making of music , history , composers etc. , to such good effect that , when John wanted to put music to ballet , he knew exactly what he wanted . |
| 16 | There was only one bus every two hours to and from Linby , so that Angela knew exactly what time Cheryl would get back . |
| 17 | Omero knew exactly what she meant as he had broken a tooth as a result of eating rock given to him by visitors at Easter , and sometimes it really hurts . |
| 18 | She knew exactly what that was . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I think it is fair to say that hard words were spoken , but I never knew exactly what was said . |
| 21 | From sketching the outfits she made to inventing designs of his own was but a short step and by the time he left High School he knew exactly what he wanted to do . |
| 22 | He knew exactly what the chap wanted — and whom . |
| 23 | There was no variety at all — you knew exactly what you would be doing at any given moment of the week . |
| 24 | But also , as a doctor , she knew exactly what it was . |
| 25 | He reassured Eva that he and Charlie knew exactly what they were doing . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | With that intuitive understanding she had always had with him , she knew exactly what he meant . |
| 28 | International aid donors meeting in Paris this week to discuss cutting payments to that far-flung little country — once a bulwark against communism , today a relic of one-partyism — must wish they knew exactly what . |
| 29 | Owner Ricci Burns says : ‘ Peter has a wonderful eye and he vetted all the outfits and knew exactly what would suit Tara . ’ |
| 30 | And to make sure everybody knew exactly what was going on , planning chiefs held a press conference on the beach , while the SAS-style commandos held a photo-call . |