Example sentences of "i knew [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew whenever I saw her , first time I was in the shop that I recognized her from somewhere . |
| 2 | You 're right , are n't you Yes , once he got going , I knew why I 'd been holding back . |
| 3 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 4 | ‘ When I saw you again I knew why I had waited so long to marry . |
| 5 | He knows all about them kind of things , I do n't well I knew where they come |
| 6 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |
| 7 | on the grounds that until I knew where I 'd got |
| 8 | I knew where he kept a spare back-door key and walked round the side of the house . |
| 9 | I had got one souvenir and if not identifiable with the shed , at least I knew where it had come from . |
| 10 | If I knew where it had come from I would do it . |
| 11 | I knew when I had played the best game on the rugby field . |
| 12 | I knew when I saw her in the graveyard reading the writing . |
| 13 | I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return . |
| 14 | ‘ I cried because I knew when I walked out on Ramsay Street , it would be a hundred times more difficult to see my friends , ’ she confessed . |
| 15 | I knew when I got into trouble I might get sent back , because when you 've been to prison once , you can be sent back every time you get into trouble . |
| 16 | I knew how she felt . |
| 17 | I knew how she felt . |
| 18 | Maybe she was hungry : I knew how she felt . |
| 19 | I knew how she dreaded a recurrence of loneliness when the four of us eventually left The Milebrook and went our various ways . |
| 20 | I wish I knew how she managed it . |
| 21 | I knew how she envisaged it — all sparkle : the glass , the cutlery , the champagne , the eyes of the bride ; gleaming white napery , carnations and maidenhair fern swaddled at the stem in silver paper ; fallen flakes of expensive pastry , and the smart aroma of smoked salmon and asparagus blending subtly with the scent of flowers and wine ; loud voices and muted laughter ; sometimes a discreet tinkle of broken glass , because at a good wedding some breakage was unavoidable , indeed desirable , and evidence of an expansive generosity . |
| 22 | When he was forced to leave Arabia his sense of loss was enormous : ‘ As the plane … swung out to sea , I knew how it felt to go into exile . ’ |
| 23 | I knew how it felt , and it must be worse for a man . |
| 24 | I knew how it worked . |
| 25 | ‘ If I knew how I meant I should n't be asking you to design it , because that 's what design is , knowing how you mean . |
| 26 | CATHERINE I 'd be more pleased if I knew how you got in the door . |
| 27 | Clearly those calves had drained him and I knew how he felt . |
| 28 | I knew how he felt . |