Example sentences of "he knew that he [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew that he ought to see a physician , but was unwilling to do so lest he be told that he was not , after all , cured of syphilis . |
| 2 | He knew that he would make his way towards the tannery , and hoped that the woman — he had never asked her name — would be there at this hour . |
| 3 | He also remembers telling the older man that a lot of his best lines were cut — ( Coward 's injunction — put them back in again , if only gradually , which , he said , he knew that he would do anyway ) . |
| 4 | The guilts and pains he had foisted upon a fictional being would come back in even greater strength to their source , and he knew that he would go mad . |
| 5 | Whether or not she bothered to rouse him , he knew that he would wake almost to the minute . |
| 6 | He knew that he would find no police officer at the house . |
| 7 | He knew that he would have to go to her if he wanted her . |
| 8 | He knew that he would have to climb down , hand over hand , foot dangling until it got a hold , body close to the wood , face turned up and away from whatever awesome sight awaited him at the bottom of the tree . |
| 9 | With the train stopping about a train 's length beyond the bridge , he knew that he would have to walk back and explain to Gerry and have a look . |
| 10 | The Prime Minister did not call an election on 7 November , because he knew that he would lose it then . |
| 11 | He knew that he could have carried the coffee into the comparative serenity of his study but he had n't the courage to get to his feet . |
| 12 | He knew that he should slow and seek shelter . |
| 13 | Sean 's dad did not even leave his seat because he was unprepared to do anything about this problem , but he knew that he should do something about it . |
| 14 | He knew that he should discuss her grandfather with Mariana but remained frightened of hurting her , or of being the immediate instrument of her hurt . |
| 15 | But seeing the pleading in her eyes and aware that she was on the very brink of womanhood , he knew that he must give her her head and allow her to marry if that was what she wanted . |
| 16 | His last call had been to Frick , the man he knew that he must convince . |
| 17 | But it was n't that late , and he was n't particularly tired , and he knew that he 'd do little more than lie there on the hard mattress tormenting himself with thoughts of that waitress . |
| 18 | As they 'd agreed , there was nothing between them … but he knew that he 'd miss her . |
| 19 | If he knew that he 'd turn round and say get lost . |