Example sentences of "knew he would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one who really knew him would ever let him down , she thought . |
| 2 | ‘ We knew he would n't get caught , ’ he exclaimed . |
| 3 | But then , she knew he would n't . |
| 4 | And he knew he would n't dare be late . |
| 5 | At last I asked Terry ; I knew he would n't be contemptuous of my ignorance . |
| 6 | Zacchaeus knew he would n't get a very good look at Jesus because he was too short to see over the heads of the crowd , so he shinned up a tree . |
| 7 | Why did he say he would rather resign than do a deal over PR , unless he knew he would n't have to ? |
| 8 | But the way he landed the third time I knew he would n't get up again . |
| 9 | ‘ You knew he would n't come , did n't you ? ’ she said . |
| 10 | But he knew he would n't , because he was too much of a coward . |
| 11 | It was an empty gesture — she knew he would n't stay there . |
| 12 | He knew he would n't get far , but hoped to find deep water . |
| 13 | Yet , she knew he would n't . |
| 14 | He knew he would n't be able to and now , as he swung himself out of bed , Ray Plummer wondered why he had n't just sat in front of the television until the time came . |
| 15 | But somehow I knew he would n't . |
| 16 | If Memet came — but she knew he would n't come tonight . |
| 17 | He knew he would n't find any . |
| 18 | But then he knew he would n't , because he would be doing it for just that reason even if he really preferred tea with lemon . |
| 19 | With resignation she felt the colour steal into her face , and knew he would n't believe her even as she tried to explain that she had n't even seen the rings but had been absorbed by the ornaments . |
| 20 | She had demanded commitment from Luke — the one thing she knew he would n't grant . |
| 21 | ‘ The other is for Rachel , Flo 's wife in South Africa , because I knew he would n't get round to doing it himself and I thought she 'd like to be able to show their little daughter a picture of her father doing something responsible and public-spirited for a change . ’ |
| 22 | The fact that Felipe could climb over the balcony did n't bother her at all because she knew he would n't , in spite of his words . |
| 23 | I knew he would n't want me to be pushy and , hard though it was , I decided to wait until the end of the week and then invite him round for dinner . |
| 24 | As he transferred the blade clumsily to his left hand , he knew he would n't make it . |
| 25 | Even when she managed to do so she knew he would n't understand . |
| 26 | Douglas Avery had gone in to the bank as usual , after collecting Irene 's clothes , so Juliet knew he would n't be visiting during the afternoon . |
| 27 | for her and I knew it was only hardboard , well knowing your dad I knew he would n't put |
| 28 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 29 | The General knew he would probably die , for infantry took pleasure in killing cavalry and he would be the leading horseman in the attack on the bridge , but the General was a soldier and he had long learned that a soldier 's real enemy is the fear of death . |
| 30 | He is quite brazenly staging a public spectacle — a spectacle for which he knew he would either have been stigmatised as an upstart and a blasphemer , or acknowledged as precisely what he claimed to be . |