Example sentences of "knew she [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew she would probably have to say something sooner or later , but she decided she would put it off as long as she possibly could . |
| 2 | Instinctively she sought through the whole cosmos for Fenna , and knew she would not find him . |
| 3 | She knew she would not cheat and take that option , and she could think of no other . |
| 4 | If it had not been for a visitor arriving then and her being obliged to leave instantly she had no doubt they would have waded into deeper waters and she knew she would not have been sorry . |
| 5 | She swore — yet again — that she would leave off the rich food , forget the drink , but even as she making the promise , she knew she would not be able to keep to it . |
| 6 | A good deal of real embarrassment can be caused by simply giving an expensive item to a journalist who knew she would not be able to write about a product in any depth but expressed a wish to buy it . |
| 7 | She did not argue because she knew she would not win ; she did not weep because she knew she would be rebuked . |
| 8 | She knew she would not be able to sleep with so much tantalizing information spinning in her mind . |
| 9 | Because if he treated her as her father had treated Odette , she knew she would not bear it so patiently , would not bless him on the day he finally left her , as Odette had done , but would go after him with a knife to hunt him down . |
| 10 | The heat of his body was like a magnet and she knew she would not have been able to move her hand even if he had let her . |
| 11 | She knew she would n't forget it , even without her victory token . |
| 12 | But deep inside her , she knew she would n't . |
| 13 | Nutty knew she would n't , not being too sure about taking the money . |
| 14 | She felt like crying , but she knew she would n't . |
| 15 | We knew she would n't go near the road because she was so frightened of people and movement that she always stuck to the security and space of the golf course . |
| 16 | The youngster wrote in the past tense because she knew she would n't be around on Christmas Day when her Nan would open the box filled with her favourite jewellery . |
| 17 | She knew she would n't manage it right away , but she felt fairly confident that with a great deal of practice and effort , she would succeed in the end . |
| 18 | No , I knew she would n't do such a thing . |
| 19 | She knew she would n't sleep ; moreover , she was hungry . |
| 20 | At one time I would buy a bottle of whiskey and pour it all over me before going home because I knew she would n't try to argue if she thought I was drunk . |
| 21 | As soon as he saw her again , however , he knew he was as much in love with her as ever , patient in his desire , for he knew she would n't have been cured of her passion for Andrew yet . |
| 22 | His eyes were small , but as shrewd as any Topaz had seen and she knew she would n't be able to gull him . |
| 23 | Christina knew she would n't try too hard . |
| 24 | But even as she thought it , she knew she would n't go . |
| 25 | ‘ She 's quite a cricketing fan herself , so I knew she would n't mind . ’ |
| 26 | But she knew she would n't refuse . |
| 27 | Robbie knew she would n't have been any more willing to leave Water Gypsy . |
| 28 | His closeness gave her comfort , and she knew she would n't have dared to venture here alone — not even to see a thousand kiwis . |
| 29 | Because she knew she would n't have the money to pay for it so we just that was her way you see . |
| 30 | ‘ You knew she would n't be ? ’ |