Example sentences of "you knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But even if you knew beforehand who was going to get — say — the fifth plate , how could you put poison on it and not on the other plates ? ’ |
| 2 | It is equivalent to landing on the hedge because you did not close the airbrake , even though you knew that you were likely to hit it . |
| 3 | If you knew we could not train you . |
| 4 | Soft-centred milk chocolates that came as one bit them seemed almost as exciting as dancing with someone you knew you were about to sleep with used to be . |
| 5 | ‘ You knew , did n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | You knew everybody . |
| 7 | You knew a river stone had been used to kill Hatton and today you , who get twenty pounds a week and never have a penny to bless yourself with , spent a hundred and twenty quid on luxury equipment . |
| 8 | But it was different when someone you knew was involved . |
| 9 | Before you knew it , we were knee-deep in New Romantics . |
| 10 | If he said he would defend the pound , you knew he would do it or bust . |
| 11 | There was just no point in remaining on the premises when you knew you had to go , as Muldoon had said . |
| 12 | She had several artist friends who invited her and it was easy enough to crash into other ones if you knew when and where . |
| 13 | You seemed — that is we thought — that you knew something — ‘ |
| 14 | ‘ We thought you would n't have been like you were in that interview unless you knew something that — that you were n't telling people . |
| 15 | Suppose you knew that this was going to be the last day of your life . |
| 16 | ‘ To get into the group at all , you have to say what you 'd do if you knew you were going to die tomorrow . |
| 17 | That 's what always happened to people you knew . |
| 18 | You knew where you were . |
| 19 | ‘ If you knew Simon wanted to nick Bella 's money , why did n't you go straight round there and tell her ? ’ |
| 20 | One ex-minister recalls : ‘ He would just say , ‘ if I give in to you , I will have to give in to everybody ’ , and you knew that was that . ’ |
| 21 | Deep down in those subconscious depths was the suggestion that you could make people believe anything you wanted them to believe , if only you knew how to pronounce the magic formula that brought the genie from the bottle . |
| 22 | You knew where you were with curs . |
| 23 | You could leave them behind so much more easily , to get on with the present , if you knew that some day you were going to return . |
| 24 | ‘ You knew it in its best days , Mrs Thorne . ’ |
| 25 | You knew this would happen . |
| 26 | ‘ You knew about this , did n't you ! |
| 27 | You knew ! ’ |
| 28 | You knew that as the child would , in a moment , move towards the edge of the cliff so , too , would the beautiful angel of God . |
| 29 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |
| 30 | Josef and the man you knew , Franz Schalk , had made some fairly horrendous alterations to Bruckner 's scores . |