Example sentences of "and [pers pn] knew [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Oh hello , Celia , ’ she said and I knew instantly that something was wrong . |
2 | And I knew just where you 'd be and how you 'd be lying . ’ |
3 | In our family my cousins and I knew well beforehand because there were always slightly older sisters and cousins who told us … |
4 | You look at a crowd of people , er last , a week , a week yesterday at Wembley at the Billy Graham mission there , er we were sitting in one place and I was looking for , for some other folk and I knew approximately where they were and there I was stand , they were , all you could really see was this mass of people , very difficult to pick out individuals within them but God does n't see it as a mass like that . |
5 | In fact , I was only going to stay a couple of years and move on , but … but I met you and I knew right from the beginning what was going to happen to me ; and it 's grown over these months during our supposedly accidental meetings here . |
6 | As I entered , a man came out of a side room and I knew immediately he must be Long John . |
7 | It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound . |
8 | I was looking forward to the film because there 's a beginning and an end , and I knew exactly where the character was going . |
9 | And I knew exactly the bike I wanted . |
10 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
11 | And I knew exactly what it was you they were talking about ! |
12 | I heard the pounding of rapid footsteps and I knew straight away that it was n't a policeman ( they wear rubber soles these days ) and then somebody yelled , ‘ Hey , you ! ’ |
13 | weather and I knew precisely what they meant . |
14 | I knew , of course , that one or other of the suore kept a constant eye on how we behaved , and I knew too that had they noticed anything ‘ unusual ’ I would have been given a severe talking-to and told not to come back . |
15 | It was a six-letter word and I knew absolutely nothing about it . |
16 | The other students stayed seated , all turned towards the newcomer , anxious to make his acquaintance , and I knew only too well that he could have any one of them he liked as his friend . |
17 | He reflected , ‘ It was a disaster , this movie , and I knew then it was going to set me back . ’ |
18 | ‘ Hi , Cameron , ’ he said , and I knew then he 'd been aware of me all the time . |
19 | I saw the look the malai doctors gave each other and I knew then he would never see again . |
20 | And then I leaned up to look down into your face , and saw the same vulnerability echoed there , your eyes almost purple , dazed , uncomprehending , and I knew then that I could n't let you go . |
21 | But I had my book , and I knew roughly where all the bits were . |
22 | And I knew all too well that we possess our lover only in our minds , that passionate love is incom-patible with life . |
23 | ‘ In the end Brian and I knew almost without saying where the ball would go to , particularly if the opposition tried a last-second diversion . |
24 | There he was , trying to blackmail me to leave the company or face a false charge of fraud , and I knew so much about his underhand behaviour . |
25 | But it had all happened so quickly — and I knew so little about you — except that I 'd fallen in love with you . ’ |
26 | ‘ And Jean-Paul can be as stubborn as a mule , and you knew perfectly well that if you 'd told him what you felt , he would have dug in his heels and insisted . ’ |
27 | She would n't go in then , and you knew then , well they 've gone . |
28 | He had indicated already he wished her to stay in the house for the night , and she knew well enough that the continued presence of her widowed mother and four brothers in the servants ' quarters in the rear compound depended on her strict obedience to all the wishes of the plantation director in his house . |
29 | It was familiar to her now , and she knew just where his cheek curved , how his jawline made a firm outline for those tender lips , whose searching touch she knew , and had now rejected . |
30 | But she knew immediately who the footsteps belonged to , and she knew also that she was blushing . |