Example sentences of "know [conj] [noun prp] [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How do you know that Sheldrake wo n't do that himself ? ’ |
| 2 | You see , although I love her so deeply , I know that Rosamund would not make a good wife for a missionary . ’ |
| 3 | In her heart , Tallis had known that Scathach would not wait for her , but it still came as a shock to find that he had betrayed his word to her . |
| 4 | She waited for three rings , but she knew that Hugh would n't pick up a machine that might buzz and shout ‘ Pronto ! ’ at him . |
| 5 | I felt that George was tired of Lennie 's stupidness but he knew that Lennie could n't help it and that he had to withstand it . |
| 6 | She knew that Nicandra could not do without her . |
| 7 | This was unusual , he almost never talked while he was working , but maybe he sensed that Jed wanted the silence filled and knew that Jed could n't do it on his own . |
| 8 | There was something in his voice that made her want to throw herself into his arms ; but then she knew that Aggie would n't like that . |
| 9 | We all knew that Ireland must not fall under the power of the Dark Lords . ’ |
| 10 | But she knew that Gloria would n't think to give her one . |
| 11 | As he stared at the torment , fury , and despair in her face , he knew that Clare would not forgive him . |
| 12 | She wished she could lay claim to a migraine but knew that Betty would not let her , that anyway even she could not be so mannerless as to absent herself from her own picnic , and that even if she did have a blinding migraine she would still have to go . |
| 13 | Whatever I wrote , I knew that Michael would not read it . |
| 14 | Keegan knows that Tommy will not settle for second best indefinitely and if he has decided that Srnecek is his favourite then £500,000 would represent good business . |