Example sentences of "knew [pron] be the " in BNC.

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1 Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life .
2 He had carte blanche as long as he revived our fortunes — luckily he knew I was the station 's biggest asset .
3 Never even knew I was the one
4 They were all questions which both puzzled and disturbed him , yet at the same time he knew she was the key to helping him expose the diversion at the plant .
5 as if she knew she was the topic of conversation Blossom turned her head and looked at him .
6 ‘ It sounds corny , but as soon as I saw her I knew she was the one , ’ said Blanc , whose first marriage broke up during the difficult years when he was struggling to build up his reputation .
7 Erm now in my wisdom I I thought that obviously considering we 're now classed as incident stewards the o the thing to do was to put the certificates up in a prominent place so that everybody who visited the site knew who were the incident stewards were .
8 He also had a copy of Gauguin 's Avant et Après which recounted the episode in the Yellow House from Gauguin 's point of view , patronising , complacent in its nervousness , making sure the world knew who was the great painter , the great influence , the major man .
9 When I saw you , I knew you were the ideal person to share with , and I 've never regretted it . ’
10 She knew something was the matter .
11 There were only three divisions in the city — east , west , and central — and each of us in our own division knew we were the élite ; for just as the men in the west were certain they were best , so the men from the east remained convinced of their own superiority .
12 The only people who really knew him were the labourers who helped out at the farm during the periods of sheep-shearing , haytime and harvest .
13 We knew he was the owner of the club and — while he ca n't have been more than four-foot-nine inches tall — we knew that Soho was run by Maltese gangsters just like him .
14 He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham .
15 I knew he was the clerk from the Town Hall Annexe .
16 When I met my husband , I knew he was the one for me , and I knew that I would have to be honest if our marriage was n't to be based on a lie .
17 Their swords rang together , and Riven knew he was the weaker man .
18 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 .
19 But I knew it was the toad .
20 Although they were looking at the clump of bushes from a different angle now , she knew it was the same clump they had seen from the gate .
21 I knew it was the hare 's fault all along . ’
22 I knew it was the Whistler . ’
23 But I knew it would work , I knew it was the perfect register for it ; it was just a question of the right tonality and the right feeling .
24 Sunnie smiled but she knew it was the end
25 " I knew it was the same for you ; that made it worse .
26 just before we left Plymouth they altered it to , I knew it was the
27 As soon as I saw the file , I knew it was the one I had stolen from Joe , and I knew that this man knew my convict .
28 She knew it was the beginning of the humiliation that would be heaped upon her , and she was determined not to be broken by it .
29 I seen one woman and she had a police uniform on , so obviously I knew it was the police .
30 ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’
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