Example sentences of "both knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we both knew that hardly anyone would be prepared to speak out and argue my case . |
| 2 | We both knew what the other one meant but we never said it in so many words . |
| 3 | They both knew Jack Pertwee by sight . |
| 4 | As Manuel and I sat drinking our rum punch outside the tavern in the midday sun , patting Sombro and discussing dogs as pets in our respective homelands , we both knew Sombro 's manhood would remain intact and that , as long as he was able to mooch down to the village , he would do so . |
| 5 | It sounded defiant but they both knew it was defensive . |
| 6 | Hector said they both knew you were going to break the truce yourself in the spring anyway . |
| 7 | According to Virginia Cowles they met Freddie de Guingand , Montgomery 's Chief of Staff , whom they both knew , after lunch , and he let slip that an Anglo-American landing was planned in Algeria , code-named Torch . |
| 8 | Suppose you and I were playing against each other , and suppose we both knew that the number of rounds in the game was to be exactly 100 . |
| 9 | We both knew that . |
| 10 | They both knew that as we walked off the 16th . |
| 11 | ‘ We both knew we would go to university and not have to get rubbish jobs like a lot of our mates , ’ says Gedge . |
| 12 | Noreen would come on first as before with her song — and then be joined by ‘ Mary ’ who would take the melody while Noreen harmonised and then Maria would conclude with a solo — usually ‘ The Last Rose of Summer ’ — and they would finish together with ‘ Let Him Go Let Him Tarry ’ , another of the O'Neil family songs which both knew backwards . |
| 13 | Keats when he wrote that poem and was lost in his immaterial dream breathed the same intoxicating air as Einstein did , and both knew the same profound excitement and sublime delight . |
| 14 | We both knew of Napoleon 's retreat . |
| 15 | We both knew that if you draw — or more likely have drawn for you — lane I then you stand no chance . |
| 16 | We both knew he could n't swim . |
| 17 | Although we both knew that we were acting from the best possible motives , I argued , other people were always ready to place a malicious interpretation on their neighbours ' doings and it might therefore be better to wait before breaking the news . |
| 18 | Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant . |
| 19 | Although Grant was the expert of the group , they both knew enough to realise that the equipment stacked around was sophisticated , and far too much for Titron if she had been but an ordinary container ship . |
| 20 | They both knew that no timer could be relied upon to be that sensitive , that when he activated it , the chances were reasonable that it would detonate instantly — before he could throw it . |
| 21 | We both knew that walking alone would not keep the pounds off forever . |
| 22 | Both the Gibson company and Les Paul seem to have discovered maple to be an excellent-sounding wood for solid guitars , and they both knew that a mahogany body with a thick maple top would be lighter and would sound just as good , if not better . |
| 23 | Charles and Diana could no longer pretend their marriage was working and both knew their only chance of future happiness lay in being honest . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps it 's someone we both knew , and that 's worrying . ’ |
| 25 | They both knew that they came out like kittens , they did n't know how they got in . |
| 26 | They both knew what Benny was going to say : that there was no chance of the wealthy Westwards paying for a university education for Eve . |
| 27 | They both knew the score . |
| 28 | It was both a question and a statement and we both smiled , for we both knew the answer . |
| 29 | Both knew the other was thinking of their first meeting and the case of murder in which Meredith had found herself so painfully entangled . |
| 30 | Both knew the importance of the question . |