Example sentences of "know [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting to know me was a bad idea . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Did n't you know I was a proper professional teacher ? |
| 3 | did n't know you was a high brow |
| 4 | did n't know you were a high brow |
| 5 | ‘ But I did n't know you were a big dreamer then . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't know you were a secret football fan . |
| 7 | I do know she was the subtlest of nags . |
| 8 | No , I mean he did n't know we were an elected body , did he ? |
| 9 | I did n't know it was a carding mill . |
| 10 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
| 11 | I do n't know it was a two liner , um an intro an introduction to marketing and P R and an introduction to internal communications were talking about you know the house newspaper , now that 's the |
| 12 | There was something at St Michael 's but I did n't know it was the one world week . |
| 13 | ‘ You did n't know he was a drunken sot who beat her up on a Saturday night , did you ? ’ |
| 14 | If a horse did that , I 'd know he was a bad 'un . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 16 | I know I was a brilliant Bottom but you should have seen her Titania . |
| 17 | I know she was a wild spirit , but — ’ |
| 18 | She used to be an old singer , I do n't know any of her songs , but I just know she was an old singer . |
| 19 | We know they were a contributory factor , but our curiosity is aroused by the hints of maladies of which we know virtually nothing . |
| 20 | Well we were a better er service , they were a better ser I 'm not saying that I think so , I know they were a better service don does n't does n they 're not quite proof , there were in an tramcar Edinburgh Corporation tramcars were running , they were running at a , a , every year a profit . |
| 21 | It , it was a two bedroom old cottage it was , very , very nice with a big garden and all I had was erm one room downstairs and like er a kitchen , well er where the sink and that was it was more like a big room where the kitchen was and the two bedrooms upstairs , but only a door on one bedroom , you went up the stairs into a big open room you know where the bannisters all round you know what I mean , no door on it and just , another door , a bedroom door , that 's all but I loved it you know it was a nice erm , not bad , but of course it was condemned it got so old and then they pulled it down and they built another house on it right next to where erm that shooting took pla you know they was having that shooting night just down that lane where I used to be |
| 22 | So I said to her while she was upstairs I got a pen I know it was a black one and I wrote in blue and put another N . |
| 23 | You know it was a real effort for me to remember all those things . |
| 24 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 25 | And it was a you know it was a great happiness and release to shed a million other activities and flying in all directions thinking the acting was n't enough and I was n't enough for acting . |
| 26 | Erm you yeah you did actually you were good and it was a nice pace you know it was a relaxed , you know |
| 27 | Their reason is out of respect and because they know it was a one-off injury . |
| 28 | and and yet you know it was a sunny day . |
| 29 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 30 | It 's been there a very long time , cos that man was old who asked me , you , you know it was an old man he said that , and I was quite young , he said er , er is that cross still there in , in Chichester , I said yes , it 's still there . |