Example sentences of "knew [pers pn] be [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew I 'm a good chatterer ’ — he grinned — ‘ but I can keep my own counsel , and yours an' all , if you want to talk . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The sergeant knew she was a tough woman and had few weaknesses . |
| 6 | When I saw you , I knew you were the ideal person to share with , and I 've never regretted it . ’ |
| 7 | He knew we were a naval vessel and he also knew that we were in the vicinity . ’ |
| 8 | She knew they were a light-saddle horse with a good disposition in spite of the spirited , fiery temperament . |
| 9 | He knew he was no such man ! |
| 10 | I know my mother would n't agree and she would be even mad if she knew he was a black boy . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He had heard many stories about Yanto , and knew he was a rough handful . |
| 13 | He knew he was a good horseman — no one had dared to tell him otherwise ! |
| 14 | I knew he was a good client of ours . |
| 15 | They knew he was a disqualified driver . |
| 16 | It was quite apparent that he knew he was a doomed man . |
| 17 | Hein — you knew he was a qualified dentist ? |
| 18 | He knew he was a dead man , no matter what happened — it was just a matter of time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Their swords rang together , and Riven knew he was the weaker man . |
| 22 | I knew he was an honourable guy . |
| 23 | We saw Eliot off that evening , not too late , because we knew he was an early riser who went to morning Mass . |
| 24 | I knew it was a two-way thing . |
| 25 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |
| 26 | She knew it was a modern world and that it happened to people all the time and that it was n't such a big deal — medically or culturally . |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose they knew it was a friendly house . ’ |
| 28 | He knew it was a hopeless task — like assembling a jig-saw puzzle without the picture to serve as a guide — but still he could not abandon it . |
| 29 | ’ I knew it was a good script , ’ he recalls . |
| 30 | You had to watch but if people came to your door in a in a state that er you knew it was a genuine case , you would probably help them out you know . |