COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knew what...hit (= realized what had happened )
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He was gone before they knew what had hit them .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I (only) wish I knew
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And I wish I knew why.
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But being so weak seems wrong now too. I wish I knew judo.
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Don't ask me what I do want. I wish I knew.
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He was a sad person underneath. I wish I knew what he was so sad about.
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I do know that it was because of an argument that he left. I wish I knew more.
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I won't listen to you any more. I wish I knew what time it was.
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Men clustered and chattered lively in groups. I wished I knew how to smoke.
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Very grand. I wish I knew where it is now.
I never knew (that)
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I never knew you played the guitar!
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And I never knew he took my advice about Eliot so seriously.
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As I once told you, I never knew where we were heading when I first drove out the Anacreonians.
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But I never knew from one week to the next if there would be any money.
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I sort of dabble my foot in it like it's a puddle. I never knew Marie was married.
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I was brought up in a pit village near Bishop Auckland and I never knew my father.
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Those men have to stand that over and over again. I never knew it was like that.
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You and your father. I never knew two people more alike.
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You said they stole your milk. I never knew what it was that messed him up.
the first I knew/heard
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And yet these hills are the first I knew and loved.
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It was the first I knew about it.
the next thing I/she etc knew
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And the next thing I knew, I was here.
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But the next thing she knew she was crying.
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He slipped something in my wine and the next thing I knew was that we were on the Continent.
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I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew, some one was waking me.
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I had hardly dated, and the next thing I knew I was getting married.
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I must have fallen asleep, for the next thing I knew I was woken by the ringing of the telephone.
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I started to run and the next thing I knew I was lying on the kitchen table.