Example sentences of "[pron] knew [pers pn] 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew I 'd been dreaming again ( or whatever we call it ) because , when I came out of it , the wooden post — that old pile I 'd clung to like a drowning man — was nowhere ! |
| 2 | My dear , he was holding it exactly as if it had been a squashed blackbeetle , and I knew he 'd been criticizing me all evening . |
| 3 | Marcus appeared in next-door 's back garden which surprised me as last I knew he 'd been snoring under the duvet . |
| 4 | She knew he 'd been studying her face while watching for her reaction . |
| 5 | They knew we 'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us . |
| 6 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 7 | What would these people think , I wondered , if they knew he 'd been living like an Apache most of his life and right up until a little while ago ? |