Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theodora said slowly , ‘ I think I may have known Mrs Marr . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I ought to 'ave known the likes of you would n't do all the things you 've done for nothing . |
| 3 | He 's a thief , a criminal , he nicked my bag and I had to sift through every shit-bin in Bristol till I found my dreams and found out what I ought to 've known all along if you had n't … |
| 4 | I ought to have known . |
| 5 | Disappointment followed , the lurid projector of mental pictures shut down and I was left feeling I ought to have known better . |
| 6 | I ought to have known I could n't be so lucky . |
| 7 | Ma was always at her most unreasonable on do-days , and I must have known it was a do-day because not only did we have extra help in the house , but Nanny had been co-opted into the kitchen to make pastry . |
| 8 | I think I must have known the truth about myself , in some deep part of my mind , when I first read those few pages of your book in my master 's study . |
| 9 | I must have known that those were the very advantages I had been denying myself in denying myself food . |
| 10 | I 've got a batch of scones in the oven ; I must have known you were coming . |
| 11 | I must have known somehow that he was the only person who did n't think Jake was crazy . |
| 12 | No doubt it will transpire that I must have known this Paykhull . ’ |
| 13 | I must have known — ’ Faye broke off . |
| 14 | When I came down here , I thought I must have known who it was . |
| 15 | I should 've known this but |
| 16 | I should have known better . |
| 17 | I should have known better , but we are learning now . |
| 18 | The interpreter , as I should have known , was his police minder . |
| 19 | I should have known though , should n't I ? — After him nicking them chocolate flakes , them crisps . |
| 20 | Damn you , Crevecoeur — I should have known something like this would happen ! |
| 21 | I should have known I would have problems when I crossed the border of a place whose name I could hardly pronounce — Mosonmagyaróvár . |
| 22 | ‘ I should have known it was only because of something to do with work that you were so anxious to be with me . |
| 23 | I ca n't even remember what it was ; I should have known better . ’ |
| 24 | They added it , I should have known , to try and get a younger audience and it was n't well understood by the people who wrote it . |
| 25 | He was playing so well at The Belfry ( Lawrence Batley International ) in his practice rounds , especially , that I should have known he was going to do something special . |
| 26 | I should have known that no amount of understanding can carry any individual for long against the swirling crowds of social existence , and that soon after rejoining them I too should be stampeding with them . |
| 27 | I should have known that eventually some man would come along and take advantage of the situation . |
| 28 | I should have known better than to take the word of any of that crowd from Donovan 's Square . ’ |
| 29 | I should have known not to pick Wimbledon fortnight but , up until Ladies ' Singles finals , I thought the rain gods had been caught napping . |
| 30 | ‘ But there were three or four incidents off the ball , and I should have known it was me they would try and pin something on . |