Example sentences of "[conj] knew [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peters saw their reactions and knew instinctively that he was going to have one hell of a fight on his hands the next day to convince the committee of his vehicle division proposals . |
| 2 | Patrick Kelly heard the underlying loneliness in her voice and knew instinctively that they were two of a kind . |
| 3 | To this question , the common answer is that he neither quoted the forged additions nor produced them at Rome , because he knew they were forgeries , and knew also that the forgery would be detected at once by a competent critic . |
| 4 | Maurice was still sober enough to know that he was drunk , and knew also that the water between the boats was wilder than he had ever seen it . |
| 5 | Angel One had realised that Grant was lame in one leg , and knew also that his partly landed kick had further slowed him . |
| 6 | She knew she was afraid to play after so long and knew too that if she stayed here she would never play again . |
| 7 | He heard the bell go for the High Mass , and knew now that Caterina would n't be coming ; so he left the byre . |
| 8 | When she stepped from the car he had greeted her with careful formality and his manner had remained stiff and impersonal as they began the ride ; but she sensed a tension in him too and knew intuitively that it was not a lack of interest that kept his gaze averted from her . |
| 9 | Codron had gone up to Cambridge to see the show and knew then that it would be worth bringing to London . |
| 10 | How dared he ? she mourned as she sank down on her bed and gasped for breath , and knew then that Naylor Massingham 's low opinion of her would n't hurt anywhere near as much as it did , had she not just realised that she was desperately in love with him ! |
| 11 | Oh , heavens , she panicked , and knew then that her impersonation would have to be good — Ven Gajdusek was nobody 's fool . |
| 12 | She did not know what the matter was but knew instinctively that this was the right thing to do . |
| 13 | So either they knew only the uncontaminated documents , which did nothing to strengthen what they believed to be an already strong case , or they knew the documents in their contaminated form , but knew also that they were forged , and kept quiet about them . |
| 14 | Richard now admitted to himself that they might be lost after all but knew instinctively that saying so to Victoria would destroy the flattering confidence she placed in him . |