Example sentences of "knew [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hanfmann describes ‘ a rather arrogant colleague ’ who ‘ told me that he knew I wrote good case histories , but had not expected me to be so good at theory ’ ( 1983 : 147 ) . |
| 2 | Knew I had elementary skill . |
| 3 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 4 | I have been ever since I knew I had this trouble . ’ |
| 5 | I knew I had bad eating habits when I started secretly to buy sweets from several different shops and ensure the wrappers were well hidden from my boyfriend . |
| 6 | I knew I needed some place to go inside myself — frighten people off — so I shoved three tapes and my Walkman in the middle of the bag beside the big fat envelope where I 'd squeezed all my dreams . |
| 7 | Habit , Gran said dryly , when asked ; and Ruth knew she got fewer bookings every year . |
| 8 | I knew she had psychic gifts , but I could not work out how she was so clued in to this film . |
| 9 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 10 | A couple I knew who adopted three children found that only one of the three was at all interested in finding out about his natural parents . |
| 11 | I never knew we had any baronets attending St Matthew 's . ’ |
| 12 | Shirlie described the process : ‘ We knew we wanted strong shapes , with big jackets . |
| 13 | In the last month before war was declared , families who were still on the waiting list for places on the Kindertransporte , but knew they had little chance of moving up the queue , took to waiting at the main rail stations , watching and hoping . |
| 14 | She knew they had different fathers and she knew that in each case there was only a certain number of possibilities , but beyond that all was obscure . |
| 15 | Always so many darlings , and you knew they hated each other . |
| 16 | They both knew what they had to do , and how hard it was going to be to escape ; they knew they needed each other . |
| 17 | He just knew he had cheap labour . |
| 18 | Asked once what he would do if he knew he had six months to live , he replied : ‘ I 'd type faster . ’ |
| 19 | He checked his watch and knew he had three hours to wait . |
| 20 | I knew he had previous convictions . |
| 21 | Benning knew he had sufficient evidence — a missing wife , a husband who had obviously lied , and an admission of guilt , albeit by word of mouth . |
| 22 | Julius had told her that hardly anyone knew he owned this house . |
| 23 | As we had referred to Turkey and the fact that Margaret and I had met there , and as we knew he took great interest in genuine peasant culture , we showed him some Turkish embroidery and in particular two typical Turkish saddle-bags , which we had transformed into cushions . |
| 24 | One day he wrote ‘ battting ’ , and when I queried this , he said , ‘ Well , I knew it had two t's , so I put three to make sure ! ’ |
| 25 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 26 | We loved it and he knew it gave great pleasure to the audience . |
| 27 | If we really knew what caused actual cases of electrical breakdown or even simple cracking in plastic articles , we might save much frustration , and economic waste in the way of articles sent back . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course , although no one quite knew what happened that morning — you were the only one who knew that … that is , until the results of the blood tests were made available . ’ |