Example sentences of "knew he [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to persuade himself that he 'd locked it but he knew he had n't . |
| 2 | He opened the other drawer but he knew he had n't put them in there . |
| 3 | But she knew he had n't . |
| 4 | I asked , though I knew he had n't . |
| 5 | He knew he had n't the nerve to face his mother 's wrath . |
| 6 | She knew he had n't been paying any attention to the play . |
| 7 | The strain of the last few days was beginning to tell , and he knew he had n't got much energy left . |
| 8 | But he knew he had n't reached that point yet . |
| 9 | There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me . |
| 10 | But the receiver had already clicked into place and she knew he had n't even heard . |
| 11 | He knew he had not been dozing very long because the smells of fried bacon and toasted bread still drifted through the house . |
| 12 | And he knew he had not the justification of genius . |
| 13 | He knew he had not convinced him . |
| 14 | He was aware of the immense arrogance of this , but he knew he had not mistaken that long , steady look . |
| 15 | I knew more or less where he was and I knew he had not been recaptured — that was all . |
| 16 | She knew he had not wanted any woman to be here alone , but his rage was more than that surely . |
| 17 | He was coming so fast that she knew he had not seen her and she had to brake sharply , frowning with exasperation . |
| 18 | I did not struggle , and spoke politely to him , although I knew he did not understand any of my languages . |
| 19 | But I did not feel jealous , because I knew he did not love her . |
| 20 | Though she knew he did not deserve it , Charlotte could not suppress a stab of sympathy for him . |
| 21 | She knew he did not mean it . |
| 22 | She knew he did not mean with their night 's work . |
| 23 | In those moments , those final moments as he took her and reached ecstasy , she had been able to believe he loved her , felt something for her ; and , though she knew he did not , she was moved , wanted to retain those precious moments which he had just given her when he had finally stripped the mask away and let her see how human he was as he merged with her and lost himself inside her . |
| 24 | Mostly they knew he did n't want to . |
| 25 | He knew he did n't have to . |
| 26 | She knew he did n't escape : perhaps he had gone mad , a gibbering idiot in the middle of that room , in the dark , with those doors opening and closing all around him . |
| 27 | He knew he did n't have any choice . |
| 28 | But both of us knew he did n't intend catching me . |
| 29 | But there was some detail he knew he did n't want to remember . |
| 30 | ( He thought he did , you knew he did n't . ) |