Example sentences of "knew [pers pn] was [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke . |
2 | And she kissed me , and called me her dear Blanche , and said I knew she was a good girl , and very strong , and not foolish . |
3 | The sergeant knew she was a tough woman and had few weaknesses . |
4 | I know my mother would n't agree and she would be even mad if she knew he was a black boy . |
5 | Indeed , to stay at the Langham was such a mark of having arrived in the world , that in a nineteenth century fraud case , a witness would declare : ‘ I knew he was a perfect gentleman . |
6 | He had heard many stories about Yanto , and knew he was a rough handful . |
7 | He knew he was a good horseman — no one had dared to tell him otherwise ! |
8 | I knew he was a good client of ours . |
9 | They knew he was a disqualified driver . |
10 | It was quite apparent that he knew he was a doomed man . |
11 | Oh only a couple of weeks , no they were standing in the common room and she knew he was a virgin right and they were still going out and she knew he was a virgin when they first started going out and Rox goes oh so are you a virgin then erm erm James and he goes no and she was still going out with him and she knew that it was n't with her , obviously , and , and Roxy goes oh who was it then and he goes oh just two , two birds I met in erm Portugal and |
12 | Hein — you knew he was a qualified dentist ? |
13 | He knew he was a dead man , no matter what happened — it was just a matter of time . |
14 | Of course we knew he was a celebrated painter , everyone did , and I think the neighbourhood felt quite disappointed when by moving down here he became less celebrated . |
15 | I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part . |
16 | I knew he was an honourable guy . |
17 | We saw Eliot off that evening , not too late , because we knew he was an early riser who went to morning Mass . |
18 | I knew it was a two-way thing . |
19 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |
20 | She knew it was a modern world and that it happened to people all the time and that it was n't such a big deal — medically or culturally . |
21 | ‘ I suppose they knew it was a friendly house . ’ |
22 | He knew it was a hopeless task — like assembling a jig-saw puzzle without the picture to serve as a guide — but still he could not abandon it . |
23 | Inside was all this close-studded stuff , and I knew it was a good one . ’ |
24 | ’ I knew it was a good script , ’ he recalls . |
25 | You had to watch but if people came to your door in a in a state that er you knew it was a genuine case , you would probably help them out you know . |
26 | No-one was ever able to locate the elusive and possibly mythical teenager who supposedly became pregnant in Mr Moore 's constituency merely to jump the housing queue , but still he knew it was a serious issue . |
27 | Shrew Shrewsbury try to play the ball forward , runs after it but he knew it was a lost cause and the ball is through to Bobby . |
28 | ‘ I meant what I said on the plane , ’ she reminded him stiffly , even though she knew it was a wasted effort . |
29 | The plaintiff could not prove that the defendant knew it was a secret process either because of its nature or because he had been specifically told that it was and Vaisey J pointed out that if it were really secret it was surprising that the defendant 's employment had brought him into contact with it ; he had been to prison in the past . |
30 | I knew it was a deliberate attempt from the word go to bring the band down . |