Example sentences of "knew [pers pn] be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they knew I was under that sort of pressure , they 'd stop giving me rides altogether . |
| 2 | I knew I was in great danger . |
| 3 | ‘ I knew she was on this wavelength , ’ Elinor said excitedly , ‘ I believed her right from the start . ’ |
| 4 | It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned . |
| 5 | Claudia Yeo was feeling sick , but knew she was on secure ground . |
| 6 | And yet , like Anne Boleyn all those centuries before her , she knew she was in imminent danger of losing her head … |
| 7 | No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly . |
| 8 | Although Maggie could n't make out the exact words , she knew they were from both sides . |
| 9 | The assembled guests well knew they were after bigger quarry than hare or stag and it the small town of Kirkmichael , Mar , on Tuesday 6 September , formally proclaimed James King of England , Scotland and , as tradition required , France , a poor return for all the help the Bourbons had given to the Jacobite cause . |
| 10 | But three minutes later Captain Fuchs knew he was in real trouble when the unbelievable happened — the jumbo 's second starboard engine caught fire . |
| 11 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 12 | She knew it was with good reason that she had brought her papers back across the lake that day . |