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Example sentences for "knew where"

  • I was some time before I knew where I was, or what I was about, and was only made conscious of our arrival at home by Miss Evelyn shaking me to rouse me up.

  • Well, what happened next with respect to Diseased Persons happened in a kind of whirlwind, and before I knew where I was I was off to Styria.

  • But he had hardly finished the milk-toast when he began to nod, and before we knew where we were we had him fast asleep on our hands.

  • At last I leapt into the cabriolet, lashed the horse, and went along the road that leads to Hallam Castle: at least I knew where one of the two was to be sought.

  • At least we knew where we were if we didn't quite understand how we had got there.

  • We knew where he lived, occupying a whole house though he was a bachelor, but none of us had ever seen the inside of it, and our curiosity was on the qui vive.

  • But, after all, we knew where we were, and as the realization of that fact came to us we could only stare with increasing astonishment at the scene before us.

  • We must note here that Fyodor Pavlovitch knew where to look for the weak spot.

  • Above all, he knew where to draw the line.

  • Though the boy, as a rule, knew where to draw the line in his mischief, he had of late begun to play pranks that caused his mother serious alarm.

  • We should be running on to some coast or other before we knew where we were.

  • I must have sunk, I think, before I knew where I was; and when I came to the surface I instinctively struck out towards the Lively, for I could not see the schooner, as my eyes happened to be turned away from her.

  • Twice he had even seen his father's revolver; and he knew where it was kept--on the top shelf of the closet.

  • I knew where I was standing, and I saw a scar on Laughton's head, and then I knew if the holes in the cap were low down, he must have been the man.

  • He knew where Mr. Pritchard was because Mr. Pritchard had just shot his little rifle at a hawk or something.

  • He had plenty to laugh at us about, and no doubt he was laughing his loudest; but when I thought what his laughter would be if he knew where we were at that moment, I nearly let go of the tree and fell.

  • Knock the other fellow down, Swinburne," he called out, and before I knew where I was I was locked in a grapple with the man in the purple blazer.

  • And then, before I knew where I was the quiet room was turned into something between a pantomime and a pandemonium by those two.

  • They were afraid to face Rafael Arteaga, because of the coin he had trusted them with, and the good boat, gone now straight out of sight--the saints and the devil only knew where!

  • I would walk barefoot across San Juan Mountain if I knew where he was hidden.

  • He knew where he was now--in a room of the Mission, where he had not dared set a foot since the day when he heard her vow made to the dying woman.

  • After perambulating the little island in vain, I happened to ask the sentry if he knew where he was.

  • He was very low-spirited about his situation, for he said if he was to borrow the money of a merchant, he would require a mortgage on his place, and perhaps sell it before he knew where he was.

  • We soon lost all caution, and it sounded so loud and sharp it started mother; and before we knew where we were, we heard her enter the parlour which was next to us.

  • And when inquiry was made at the rectory, all that could be ascertained was that he had left home, and that not even his father knew where he had gone.

  • Dashing from his desk, he flew at Wallop like a young wolf, and before that facetious young gentleman knew where he was he was lying at full length on the floor, and Jack standing over him, trembling with fury from head to foot.

  • All the time he tried to keep a tight hand upon his hopes--unruly and mettlesome fellows, which more than once had carried him into the meadow of Expectation before he knew where he was.

  • Almost before I knew where I was, she had my head in her lap and was telling me to lie quite still and hang on to her hand for all I was worth.

  • Very haltingly the frog swam to land and crouched at her feet, and, before he knew where he was, she had stooped and kissed him.

  • The old lady did not at all approve of the System in her heart, and she gave her grandnephew to understand that, should he require more, he knew where to apply, and secrets would be kept.

  • I was a ripe apple in his arms 'fore I knew where I was.

  • Richard averred he would forgive anything but that, and told Tom to be within hail to-morrow night--he knew where.

  • The old lady did not at all approve of the System in her heart, and she gave her grand-nephew to understand that, should he require more, he knew where to apply, and secrets would be kept.

  • I knew where it was, but I could not see it, much less reach it.

  • If we knew where it lurked, we would no longer call it danger.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "knew where" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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