Example sentences of "knew that [pron] [vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that he wanted to beat her to the floor . |
| 2 | Reason had grown wings and flown out of the window , but she knew that she had to recapture it or else give in to him , and live to regret her weakness . |
| 3 | One lady positively adored her little Chihuahua , Poco , for 15 years , but the time came when he was persistently ill and she knew that she had to save him from further suffering . |
| 4 | Suddenly she knew that she had to warn him . |
| 5 | He took her hand , linking his long , hard fingers between hers , joining them in a physical as well as a mental bond , and suddenly Fran knew that she wanted to tell him the one thing that had fashioned her into the woman she was . |
| 6 | When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon . |
| 7 | At last the rain held off and although the wind was a little strong I knew that I had to fly her . |
| 8 | It was a moment when a stray thread of sledge-hammer sanity isolated itself and hit me , and I , in that scarce moment , knew that I had to protect you — from me ! ’ |