Example sentences of "knew that [pron] was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just a place where she had been left , and as she grew out of infancy she knew that it was her mother who had left her there . |
| 2 | She also knew that it was her priority to get her father , physically impaired since his stroke , down the aisle . |
| 3 | Of course , having always possessed an interest in astrology , she knew that it was her Arien opposition that made her react so whenever she was under threat . |
| 4 | I could see that Estella was still proud , and I knew that it was she who made me feel ashamed of home , and Joe , but I also knew that I could never stop loving her . |
| 5 | On her return she knew that it was he who had plucked the sting but she was afraid that too demonstrative a show of gratitude might be misinterpreted . |
| 6 | He was really concerned for the crowds because he knew that he was their only hope . |
| 7 | I had n't known him when he had left for Britain , but when I saw him I somehow knew that he was my father . |
| 8 | My conviction on this count was based on the fact that I had researched this area very well and knew that there was nothing on record . |
| 9 | They knew that there was nothing more off-putting for a woman that a romantic encounter at the cinema holding hands with a large dollop of Castrol GTX . |
| 10 | But she had lived with a dragon for over ten years , and she had lived in a house filled with strong women , so she knew that there was something very wrong with that scenario . |
| 11 | It was just that she knew that there was something seriously wrong with her — something far more dramatic than a grumbling appendix or the normal after-effects of an operation . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew that there was something pretty odd about you . |
| 13 | It was darker inside the cottage than she had expected , and as soon as she had opened the door , she knew that there was something terribly wrong . |
| 14 | I can only really remember one occasion when my husband knew that I was I was taking Pills at the time , I think I took about twenty eight in one night . |