Example sentences of "knew [pron] was [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke . |
| 2 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 3 | And she kissed me , and called me her dear Blanche , and said I knew she was a good girl , and very strong , and not foolish . |
| 4 | The sergeant knew she was a tough woman and had few weaknesses . |
| 5 | He also had a copy of Gauguin 's Avant et Après which recounted the episode in the Yellow House from Gauguin 's point of view , patronising , complacent in its nervousness , making sure the world knew who was the great painter , the great influence , the major man . |
| 6 | Its leaders knew there was a serious risk of trouble if it took a mass march into Gqozo 's lair . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew there was a great possibility that I would be tortured . |
| 8 | But they also knew there was a remote chance that their efforts might help to prevent catastrophe . |
| 9 | The British officer got there first , but knew there was a secret agreement for the French to control Lebanon . |
| 10 | Hindley and his son Hareton seemed like lost sheep to me , and I knew there was a wicked wolf just waiting for the chance to attack them . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew there was a soft side to him , ’ she told me . |
| 12 | She had n't been as long in this job as her last one , yet she knew there was a positive danger that she might soon be scouring the situations vacant columns again . |
| 13 | But he knew there was no real temptation . |
| 14 | I knew there was no burnished gold at my back , only a burning shaft at my loins . |
| 15 | So far as I knew there was no Indian name for Moose Jaw , but I had a brain-wave that might help . |
| 16 | He knew he was no such man ! |
| 17 | I know my mother would n't agree and she would be even mad if she knew he was a black boy . |
| 18 | Indeed , to stay at the Langham was such a mark of having arrived in the world , that in a nineteenth century fraud case , a witness would declare : ‘ I knew he was a perfect gentleman . |
| 19 | He had heard many stories about Yanto , and knew he was a rough handful . |
| 20 | He knew he was a good horseman — no one had dared to tell him otherwise ! |
| 21 | I knew he was a good client of ours . |
| 22 | They knew he was a disqualified driver . |
| 23 | It was quite apparent that he knew he was a doomed man . |
| 24 | Hein — you knew he was a qualified dentist ? |
| 25 | He knew he was a dead man , no matter what happened — it was just a matter of time . |
| 26 | Of course we knew he was a celebrated painter , everyone did , and I think the neighbourhood felt quite disappointed when by moving down here he became less celebrated . |
| 27 | I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part . |
| 28 | Their swords rang together , and Riven knew he was the weaker man . |
| 29 | I knew he was an honourable guy . |
| 30 | We saw Eliot off that evening , not too late , because we knew he was an early riser who went to morning Mass . |