Example sentences of "knew [pers pn] was the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	He had carte blanche as long as he revived our fortunes — luckily he knew I was the station 's biggest asset .
2	They were all questions which both puzzled and disturbed him , yet at the same time he knew she was the key to helping him expose the diversion at the plant .
3	as if she knew she was the topic of conversation Blossom turned her head and looked at him .
4	I knew he was the clerk from the Town Hall Annexe .
5	He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham .
6	We knew he was the owner of the club and — while he ca n't have been more than four-foot-nine inches tall — we knew that Soho was run by Maltese gangsters just like him .
7	‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’
8	Oh day before Carrie 's I mean , sorry , I knew it was the day after or day before .
9	She knew it was the beginning of the humiliation that would be heaped upon her , and she was determined not to be broken by it .
10	‘ His voice just triggered it all off , I knew it was the beginning of something ’ said Heather , of Aberdeen Road , Darlington .
11	Well she had this cup for him , there was no handle on it and she knew it was the dog 's so
12	She knew it was the thing she must n't do , must n't let herself be persuaded into , that it was death , the end , that there was no going back , you could never get back to the same position .
13	Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where computer analyst Chris picked up the phone and at once both knew it was the start of something special .
14	Sunnie smiled but she knew it was the end
15	I knew it was the hare 's fault all along . ’
16	But I knew it was the toad .

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