Example sentences of "i knew [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew no fear . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew no good would come of such a marriage , ’ she said . |
| 3 | I 've encountered Arena -reading Young Conservatives who get off on The Smiths and Sex Pistols : I knew a girl whose favourite group is The Jam but who claims to be apolitical and whose one great desire in life is a Mercedes . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew a girl who got hooked on cocaine . |
| 5 | He was thinking of Peggy Podmore as he added , ‘ I knew a girl once who I was attracted to — but I did n't love her . |
| 6 | ‘ I knew a girl once who had such a look . |
| 7 | I knew a putt would have to drop before long and it came at the 8th , the par-3 ( 178 yards ) . |
| 8 | Dickinson said : ‘ I knew a pilot who had cold feet one minute and was extremely hot indeed the next . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't know the person but I knew of her and I knew a friend of mine went to her , this is the one that did seven years . |
| 10 | One Saturday morning , without telling anyone of my plan , I boarded a bus and headed off out of the Lesotho capital of Maseru and towards Roma where I knew a witchdoctor lived . |
| 11 | But , as they say in the ads on the telly , I knew a man who did . |
| 12 | I knew a south London teacher who invented an instant tradition of local environmental walks to remedy this deficiency , and called it Beating the Bounds of the Catchment Area . |
| 13 | No , she shall go , but if I knew a lady of birth such as her in person and mind , I would marry her tomorrow . |
| 14 | I knew a bit more about . |
| 15 | I knew a bit more about Sir Ivor than they did . |
| 16 | ‘ I wish I knew a bit more about Place . ’ |
| 17 | Then , course then they used to hav when the man stood in green , I knew a fella named which we was talking about a little while ago and he had a pair of lady 's stockings which he used to put over his shoes to stop the grain going in and some of these people in the and , they used to have erm , like er string soles with like calico boots and they used to tie them on tight . |
| 18 | I knew a woman who was terrified that her house would burn down . |
| 19 | I knew a lot of other people who were both gay and punks ; there was no question of having to establish yourself . |
| 20 | And because I knew a lot of people , you 'd do things for different motives . |
| 21 | I knew a lot of it from way back , when Doctor Jenner was still here . |
| 22 | But , cos I knew a lot of the dra the drivers because er , they were local people like , you know . |
| 23 | Well we had er , we took out all the gear for that , so I knew a lot , being a crane driver I 'd know what gear I wanted but a lot of these stevedores what are on there now , they were lorry drivers and they ai n't got a clue what they do , so there part of my job meant I 'd go round and give advice . |
| 24 | Er I 'd , I 'd picked out because I knew a lot about the client whereas here I know nothing about the client . |
| 25 | ‘ I knew a lot of people from the club because their ‘ B ’ team competed against Middlesbrough in the Northern League . |
| 26 | Because I knew a lot of nouns and a lot of verbs , I could get by when I went to Algeria in |
| 27 | I knew a family — six children in that case there were — they got evicted neck and crop just because they cracked a drainpipe . |
| 28 | I knew a family of five devoted daughters — all married — who took it in turns , when their father died , to stay with their widowed mother night and day , on a rota basis , for the years until she died , because they knew that she would not want to leave her own home . |
| 29 | I knew a guy who made a fortune out of CB radio when it became legal in Britain . |
| 30 | ‘ I knew a fellow , ’ Wexford lied ruminatively , ‘ a lorry driver like yourself . |