Example sentences of "and knew [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again he heard the strong Irish voice ring out — ‘ Did ye get the little bottles ? ’ — and knew that however cosy it might seem in imagination he would never be one of the party hurried through the customs to the English or Irish or Scottish College . |
| 2 | Came a day when your mother walked along the strand at Starr Hills and knew that tomorrow , or the next day , or the day after that , the stupid peasants would come and take away your grannie to the witch-finder , prick her for witch-marks , watch her till she maddened from sleeplessness , then swim her in the river . |
| 3 | ‘ Ven ! ’ she cried his name joyously aloud , and knew that soon he would make her his . |
| 4 | She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him . |
| 5 | Lindsey sighed heavily , wishing she had never met Niall Grant , and knew that even that was n't true . |
| 6 | For a moment that might have lasted hours she seemed to see herself , old and weak , and knew that now she could be free and the burden of life leave her wings for ever . |
| 7 | He cried with happiness , and knew that now he was safe . |
| 8 | She turned to the door , almost shivering with nerves as she heard the rapid flow of French from the hall and knew that now she was about to meet the woman she had unconsciously hated for the whole of her life . |
| 9 | I saw the evil light in his eyes and knew that so far they had only been playing with me : their real intent was to kill . |
| 10 | ‘ We had the mare to break early this year , ’ said rider Barbara Gallimore , ‘ and knew as soon as we saw her that she would win Olympia . |