Example sentences of "knew [pers pn] [verb] [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 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 . |
| 5 | I knew she had psychic gifts , but I could not work out how she was so clued in to this film . |
| 6 | Shirlie described the process : ‘ We knew we wanted strong shapes , with big jackets . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He just knew he had cheap labour . |
| 9 | I knew he had previous convictions . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We loved it and he knew it gave great pleasure to the audience . |