Example sentences of "that [pron] know [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I think that the real reason that I wanted to do Total recall was that I knew it might make me famous which then might help me get better parts . |
2 | I would have to bite back my angry words — that better men than he had driven the jeep but that I knew he would share their fate . |
3 | I was shaken by its totality , its danger — here was a being that I knew I would die for without hesitation . |
4 | That was n't the case with me , I just wanted the opportunity to do something that I knew I could do . |
5 | So I just went I knew I did the only thing that I knew I could do . |
6 | It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble . |
7 | Union by moving twenty or thirty miles outside , at once they set up conditions that I know they would set up in London if they could do so unchecked ( The Women 's Printing Society continued to operate , as an exceptional case , with women being paid male rates . ) |
8 | He graced his office with dignity and performed his duties with such excellence that I know I may have difficulty in walking in his footsteps . |
9 | I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and it was the first one I went to , but I must say of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I felt most comfortable and happy . |
10 | I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and erm it was the first one I went to , but I must say that of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I 've felt most erm comfortable and happy in . |
11 | Constance has tried so hard at her pianoforte lessons that I know you will share our disappointment at her lack of progress . |
12 | I could not say how very , very much I am going to miss my dearest — except that I know she will understand . |
13 | Well they 're getting comfy seats and we 're star well as you can see from the last play , Wuthering Heights that erm we actually lost money on that I know it will happen but I feel that we ought to erm go along and get into a healthier position again . |
14 | Tallis was prompted by this insult into an action that she knew she would regret . |
15 | Heart beating , she waited to hear the voice that she knew she must hear . |
16 | She tossed her head defiantly , and just for a moment saw a flicker of something in his eyes before it was gone so fast that she knew she must have imagined it . |
17 | There was n't a spare bed , for a start — but the main thing was that she knew it would annoy Alan . |
18 | He really was the most annoying , irritating man she had ever met , and if it had n't been for the fact that she knew he would carry out his threat and have her sacked she would have refused point-blank to go tonight . |
19 | And you 'll get things that you know you 'll get an equation just in X then . |
20 | It 's on the way back when you face north across the loch that you know you will have to climb Beinn Alligin . |
21 | You must make sure that you only take upon yourself those things that you know you can manage comfortably . |
22 | It is also worthwhile spending time at this point examining the things that you know you can do but do n't bother with . |
23 | ‘ When you go into a competition that you know you can win , and you know that people expect you to win , then there is a lot more pressure on you than on someone who is less well known . |
24 | so that you know you can use it , you know , on your own , publicity material |
25 | If your father has a favourite hobby , gather together a few well-chosen gifts that you know he will like and wrap them in a presentation basket . |
26 | During a boom we can afford to ignore our little mistakes , but when money is tight we only buy make-up that we know we will use . |
27 | Mr Smith , erm , obviously you want to respond to that , but at the same time could I just press you towards your view and it 's really relevant to the districts surrounding York , that we know you can live with the figures of provision as set out by the County Council in the alteration , how ar are you aware of the figures which are being proposed by other participants in the discussion for Greater York ? |
28 | Other schools ask the children to bring in the name of a senior citizen that they know who would appreciate a gift , by acts such as these the school 's status is again increased in the locality . |
29 | It never occurred to me that other children were n't spoiled as a matter of course , the way I was , and it would be years — and my father would be dead — before I understood that the expense of sending me to a boarding school was just an excuse , and the simple , sentimental truth was that they knew they would have missed me . |
30 | There were a hundred things that he knew he ought to say . |