Example sentences of "know [that] i [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 This is to let you know that I am leaving you .
2 I find it wise to let people know that I am writing , that I need solitude .
3 He did n't know that I was meaning the blood in his mouth and he said : ‘ You have bitten half your tongue off . ’
4 My mother nearly died when she saw the mess but little did she know that I was going to do it all again the next day .
5 I did n't know that I was going to have to sell my house for twenty five thousand less than all my neighbours were selling at .
6 He made me know that I was growing old , and that everything he was was slipping out of my hands .
7 I used to go into a shop and I 'd shake and I 'd know that I was doing wrong and I 'd be really scared and I 'd just knew I do n't want to go to prison so I decide to stop it .
8 I mean , I do n't always know that I 'm coughing all the
9 ‘ It 's not that I mind wasting my time , it 's just that I like to know that I 'm wasting my time . ’
10 Well it was something that you hear a lot about it and er I 've never done anything about it and it 's cos I 'm starting to think towards the future and it 's gon na be nice to know that I 'm gon na have a pound or two to go and do what I want when I retire .
11 Alice Conway almost jumped back into her kitchen as her daughter swung round now and yelled at her , ‘ It may surprise you to know that I was thinking about you and Father and this house , and the business downstairs .
12 No need for him to know that I was watching at the window .
13 During which time I found that at the worst all Englishmen stuck together in regard to the West Indians … it was like a thorn in my heels to know that I was working in an atmosphere of hostility .
14 On 14 October Coleridge wrote abstractedly to John Thelwall that , ‘ I should much wish , like the Indian Vishna , to float about along an infinite ocean cradled in the flower of the Lotos , & wake once in a million years for a few minutes — just to know that I was going to sleep a million years more . ’
15 You know that I am trying to bring up these girls to be strong , patient and unselfish .
16 It may be they know that I am meeting somebody they are trying to affect through his hierarchy ; or it may be they need to find out something which they think I am in a better position to find out than they are .
17 I know that I am providing an unusual excuse for those dastards interested in luring some member of the opposite sex into a dark and confined space , but I would be glad to hear about experimental results .
18 How do I best practise it and know that I am loving God ? "
19 ‘ I know that I am dying , ’ he said , ‘ and I am so angry with God for letting it happen , and with my family for refusing to let me work through it . ’
20 And yet , I know that I am cheating .
21 Erm , current speaker will next speaker by name , so when I speak to you and I call your name , you know that I am talking to you .
22 No , I 'll tell them first , you know that I 'm taking part in a survey , you know ?
23 A lot of people know that I 'm finishing tonight so I might get bought quite a few drinks .
24 Erm it 's in Leeds erm and they know that I 'm going but I may need to call them and say that I 'm sending somebody else because I ca n't possibly go anywhere during the day on Wednesday .
25 I 'd rather use contraception , then know that I 'm going to become pregnant .
26 Now I know that I 'm going and Alma 's going , but we 've yet to decide I would rather just go to the crematorium
27 He burnt all the papers in the box , and said to me , ‘ John , I know that I 'm going to die soon .
28 I 've got know that I 'm going to do both the maths
29 Er no when you erm you know that I was telling you keep your bit of used up erm sandpaper fly paper
30 I had n't known that I was going to be presented with such a large sum .
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