English example sentences with "knew"

Learn how to use knew in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

From the moment that I knew that the university existed, I've wanted to go there.

I knew that today would be fun.

The day before yesterday you impressed everyone, but I already knew you.

I knew it was plastic but it tasted like wood.

If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?

I knew he would accept.

The question is whether Mike knew the fact or not.

She knew what it was like for married women to look after houses, husbands and children.

The approaching exam, they knew, would be quite easy.

Our ancestors knew how to read the stars.

She knew a lot of songs, too.

The summer had gone before I knew.

It became dark before I knew it.

He looked as if he knew all about it.

At a glance, he knew that the child was hungry.

At a glance I knew that he was tired.

Having seen him before, I knew him at once.

Having been caught in that situation before, I knew exactly what to do.

That's because we knew our place.

No one ever knew the true story except the three of us.

We all knew that Bob was on a wild-goose chase after Marge, because she was already happily engaged.

If I knew her name and address, I could write to her.

If I knew her address, I would write to her.

If I knew his address, I would write to him.

If I knew his address, I would get in touch with him right away.

If I knew his address, I could write to him.

If he knew her phone number, he could call her.

If I knew the truth, I would tell you.

If I knew it, I would tell it to you.

If she knew your address, she would write to you.

If Mary knew how to swim, she would go to the beach more often.

You talk as if you knew everything.

Maria knew neither his name nor his phone number.

It was not long before he knew it.

It was not long before we knew the truth.

Though she was only twelve years old, Susan knew how to make a living.

He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.

But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Ben decided to tell the lawyer everything he knew.

Hearing the bell, the examinees knew it was time to stop.

Betty talks as if she knew everything.

Miss Baker knew that the young man would have to leave very soon, so she decided to ask him to move his car a bit, so that she could park hers in the proper place for the night before going to bed.

She acted as if she knew French well.

Dick talks as if he knew everything.

I glanced at the clock and knew what time it was.

It seems that no one knew the truth.

Everybody knew her true feelings.

It happened that I knew her by sight.

Darwin studied the animals and birds different from those he knew in England.

You knew it wouldn't.

It was not until I read the book that I knew about it.

She knew herself that it would be very difficult to carry out the mission.

The man, whom I didn't know at all, knew about me well.

He knew nothing bad about him, but he felt something evil.

That portrait reminds me of someone I knew a long time ago.

If I knew the answer to the question, I would tell you.

This was before people knew how to record voices, so we don't know exactly what he sounded like.

It wasn't until then that we knew her address.

No one knew for certain how the accident happened.

The dog knew its master.

The doctor knew how to cope with an emergency like this.

Nobody knew what the machine was like.

And they knew something which the Europeans did not.

Nobody there knew him well.

Well, I just asked him if he knew the time, because my watch has stopped, and he simply bolted.

But he knew he had no choice.

Jane knew a lot about sumo, as if she had seen it before.

Shakespeare knew only a little Latin, but he put the little he knew to very good use.

Shakespeare knew only a little Latin, but he put the little he knew to very good use.

I never knew about such a duty.

Ken talks as if he knew everything.

I took it for granted that you knew the whole matter.

It was not until yesterday that we knew about it.

If he knew the truth, he would tell us.

Uh-oh. He knew I was lying - saw right through me. I didn't know what to say.

Before I knew it, I couldn't see the birds.

Bob went out before I knew it.

That man bows to me as if he knew me.

When you said you'd look after Spot, you knew there'd be responsibilities.

Before we knew where we were, the dust storm was on us.

He was an American, as I knew from his accent.

It was not until three days after that I knew she had disappeared.

I asked him if he knew her address.

The man who she knew was wanted by the police suddenly appeared at the back door.

The police knew it was a hot item.

The ancient Greeks knew as much about the solar system as we do.

I only figured on staying with this company a little while when I started, but before I knew it I'd become an old timer here.

If only I knew the answer now!

I am not the man I was when you knew me first.

It was not until yesterday that I knew her name.

It was not until yesterday that I knew the news.

It was not until yesterday that I knew the fact.

I knew it all along.

Mr Smith, as I knew him, was a modest man.

We're a mixed group and I never knew who was a Serb, a Croat or a Muslim.

We knew that Columbus visited America in 1492.

We knew it all along.

I wish I knew what is wrong with my car.

I asked him if he knew my name.

I fell sound asleep before I knew it.

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