Example sentences of "[pers pn] knew only " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew only that they happened there in the darkness and only a few feet from the pavements . |
| 2 | The other students stayed seated , all turned towards the newcomer , anxious to make his acquaintance , and I knew only too well that he could have any one of them he liked as his friend . |
| 3 | When a girl whom I knew only as Meriel remarked , as we were washing up the cocoa-cups , that she was ‘ brought up in a bog ’ , and I commented naïvely that she had no trace of Irish accent , the unassuming daughter of the Earl of Meath merely smiled . |
| 4 | Most of the other passengers I knew only vaguely , by face more than by name . |
| 5 | I knew only too well . |
| 6 | I knew only too well what would happen next . |
| 7 | I knew only one obligation : to play the piano well . |
| 8 | I knew only too well that tracheotomy was indicated here but I did n't have a tube with me . |
| 9 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
| 10 | At that time of the afternoon I knew only Lisabeth would be home , so I was n't too worried . |
| 11 | Although I had kept in contact with several school friends from St Paul 's , I knew only one who was likely to have surplus accommodation in London , and I considered she might well turn out to be my one hope of not having to spend the rest of my life on a train somewhere between Romford and Regent 's Park . |
| 12 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 13 | The Portuguese verb janelar ( ‘ to window ’ ) precisely reflects this condition of the woman separated from social life , which she knew only from her window . |
| 14 | As a schoolteacher she knew only too well the dance they led their parents . |
| 15 | She knew only of her fame . |
| 16 | His hands were careful and restrained , his mouth tender , and although only a very short while later , Cassie was to realize just how much self-control he had exerted at that moment of their first real physical contact , for those few minutes , she knew only that she was not afraid of him , nor even suspected that there was any need to be . |
| 17 | She knew only marginally more about him than she did about Bella . |
| 18 | She knew only the cream would have been able to get to Teacher Training College in the first place , and so many shared her desire and enthusiasm for education . |
| 19 | And she knew only too well how stubborn Julius could be once he had got an idea inside his head . |
| 20 | She knew only too well that his bed probably would n't be empty ; was he so desperately in need of fresh conquests that he would attempt to seduce Shae while Marianne kicked her heels downstairs , awaiting her turn ? |
| 21 | He would n't be allowed to race if his eye was bad , but she knew only too well what a punishing endurance it was for the drivers . |
| 22 | She knew only that today was the last she 'd spend at Wilder 's Wilderness , and the knowledge caused her to be wrapped in misery . |
| 23 | She knew only too well where they 'd find some of it . |
| 24 | The uncharacteristic fuss and fluster in Ivy 's manner was surely a proof that she knew only too well which letter he was talking about and was in mortal dread of the family finding out . |
| 25 | Left to their own devices , she knew only too well her arms would even now be snaking up round his neck , her lips parting to invite his plundering mouth . |
| 26 | Even now as she looked into those harsh , compelling features , she knew only a terrible longing to simply throw herself into his arms , to find the sanctuary and warmth only he could give her . |
| 27 | She knew only that suddenly her hand was upraised , that his shot out with lightning speed and caught it in mid-air . |
| 28 | We knew only too well what could happen to Dad and we were afraid . |
| 29 | When General Ayub Khan said , ‘ Martial Law is now imposed , ’ both cousin Zafar and I understood that his voice — that voice filled with power and decision and the rich timbre of my aunt 's finest cooking — was speaking a thing for which we knew only one word : treason . |
| 30 | They knew only , as they retraced their steps through the deep woodland of the park , that they could no longer be content at Racedown , even had it been possible for them to remain there . |