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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The others got a dummy plaster , but no-one knew which they had .
2 Later be became giddy , sick and weak and had to go to hospital twice , but no-one knew what was wrong with him .
3 But no-one knows they 've had a row ,
4 Should have been a goal , but everyone knew we had a game .
5 Manuel had not been able to improve on par the first day but everyone knew he was capable of making up a lot of leeway with one of his famous ‘ charges . ’
6 But everyone knows what a network station will be used for , so a lot of the installation and set-up could be done before it 's shipped .
7 But everyone knows they 're hopelessly unreliable . ’
8 ‘ Labour 's policy is that they are going to provide the money at some point when the country can afford it , but everyone knows they will never be able to afford it . ’
9 There 's a fourth one actually , but everyone knows who they are
10 But everyone knows who is pulling this country down .
11 No one but me knows he is smiling because his mouth does not move .
12 But I knew they were living in the past , knew too that there was no way that Allan Wells was going to beat me .
13 Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka .
14 But I knew they came from my convict , and I felt that having criminal friends made me more common than ever .
15 When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting .
16 A slight exaggeration but I knew what he meant .
17 But I knew what Robins meant .
18 I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly .
19 I was n't totally prepared but I knew what it was like .
20 But I knew what was really worrying her at that moment .
21 She did n't say which few , but I knew what she meant .
22 But I knew what I 'd be confronted with at the hospital — my mother speechless and locked in a paralysed body .
23 Anyway , at about half past two , I got up to go to the loo and my waters broke — just a trickle , but I knew what it was .
24 I tried to shake it from my mind as I shook the water from my hair , but I knew what that face felt like from the inside .
25 But I knew what I had to do , so I did it . ’
26 ‘ Yeah , but I knew we 'd win .
27 So we lost , but I knew we would .
28 ‘ Ah , but I knew we had a first-class lifeguard on board . ’
29 I knew — it sounds corny — but I knew we were meant to be , that we were simpático . ’
30 But I knew nothing at all about Tohoku University , or about the city of Sendai .
  Next page