Example sentences of "knew [pers pn] was [art] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 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 .
3 The sergeant knew she was a tough woman and had few weaknesses .
4 I know my mother would n't agree and she would be even mad if she knew he was a black boy .
5 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 .
6 He had heard many stories about Yanto , and knew he was a rough handful .
7 He knew he was a good horseman — no one had dared to tell him otherwise !
8 I knew he was a good client of ours .
9 They knew he was a disqualified driver .
10 It was quite apparent that he knew he was a doomed man .
11 Hein — you knew he was a qualified dentist ?
12 He knew he was a dead man , no matter what happened — it was just a matter of time .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 I knew he was an honourable guy .
16 We saw Eliot off that evening , not too late , because we knew he was an early riser who went to morning Mass .
17 I knew it was a two-way thing .
18 ‘ 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 . ’
19 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 .
20 ‘ I suppose they knew it was a friendly house . ’
21 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 .
22 ’ I knew it was a good script , ’ he recalls .
23 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 .
24 No-one was ever able to locate the elusive and possibly mythical teenager who supposedly became pregnant in Mr Moore 's constituency merely to jump the housing queue , but still he knew it was a serious issue .
25 Shrew Shrewsbury try to play the ball forward , runs after it but he knew it was a lost cause and the ball is through to Bobby .
26 ‘ I meant what I said on the plane , ’ she reminded him stiffly , even though she knew it was a wasted effort .
27 The plaintiff could not prove that the defendant knew it was a secret process either because of its nature or because he had been specifically told that it was and Vaisey J pointed out that if it were really secret it was surprising that the defendant 's employment had brought him into contact with it ; he had been to prison in the past .
28 I knew it was a deliberate attempt from the word go to bring the band down .
29 He did it , though he knew it was a needless precaution .
30 Abu Dabi was the place I was trying to think of I knew it was a funny name
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