Example sentences of "know [that] [pron] would [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a very stable relationship , and also with my child , and I know that it would be very difficult for us to split up , but I do n't see why a bit of paper or a lovely ball gown , or a nice cake , will make it any better for me at all ? |
| 2 | They know that it would be almost impossible for them , even though it would be for only a week , after which they could return to their comfortable lives . |
| 3 | I should have known that she 'd be here . |
| 4 | This occurs when a politician , perhaps so senior that he is notionally responsible for the agency itself , makes it known that he would be very pleased if some particularly sensitive and hazardous intelligence coup could be attained , usually in order to enhance domestic political popularity . |
| 5 | And , though Isabel had n't really pictured a face , she had known that he would be gently bred , slender , a little taller than herself , perhaps , and handsomely clad in the raiment suited to his station . |
| 6 | We all knew that they would be back next weekend . |
| 7 | The Delos — or at least Andropulos — knew that we would be permanently tuned to the distress frequency , that we are automatically alerted by bell or buzzer whenever the distress frequency is energized . |
| 8 | Trent thought of calling at her to relax but he knew that it would be as pointless as trying another smile . |
| 9 | He did not like the idea of being closed in a black tomb , though he knew that it would be only his Sahu lying there . |
| 10 | I knew that it was quite possible to help Carol remember everything that had happened , but I also knew that it would be quite distressing for her — as indeed the trial itself would be . |
| 11 | Bob 's dog Meg was a model of obedience and George knew that she would be as big an asset in the handling of the sheep as her master . |