Example sentences of "[pron] know [pers pn] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modest in the sense that he never proclaimed his talents — and they were real and varied : he was , I have heard , a very good businessman , and I know him to have been a first rate chess player and a notable painter . ’ |
| 2 | I know I 've been a long time on this but I 'll I think it 's nearly there . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , I know I 've been a trial to you ever since Mother died , and running away with Garry was n't the smartest thing I 've ever done , but at least I met Roman because I was foolish and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me , will he ? ’ |
| 4 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 5 | Lawrence added : ‘ I know it has been an expensive season for fans , but I hope they will dig deep to back the team in their final home game . ’ |
| 6 | It 's a very simple rhythm , but he had written the whole thing shifted over and I got the manuscript and I 'm looking at it and going ‘ Man , I know it 's been a while since I read a lot of solo guitar , but this does n't look right ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I know it 's been a long day but I want you to drive to Sion tonight . |
| 8 | And I knew I had been a child when I first came to live with him . |
| 9 | I said ( I was shocked , because from what he had said about other things , I thought he must be Labour , I knew he had been a Communist once ) , I 'd rather we had the New People than poor people . |
| 10 | I knew he had been a colleague of my father ; I wondered how he knew I was on the Sort-to . |
| 11 | Yet though she knew she 'd been a fool and totally lacking in self-control , still tangled in the sensual web he 'd spun so effortlessly , she could n't regret it . |
| 12 | At the same time , she knew it had been a big mistake to lose her temper like that . |
| 13 | When they were driving along he encouraged her to talk about her father and from what she told him he knew it had been a struggle for her even to get a servant 's position . |
| 14 | He knew it had been a failure with a contemporary audience , however , and he looked very sallow and melancholy a few days after its openings . |