Example sentences of "[pron] knew [that] i would " in BNC.
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| 1 | This distrust of the social scientist is so deeply ingrained that when I was reading anthropology as an undergraduate and I was asked by my colleagues what subject I was reading , I knew that I would have to prevaricate or face problems . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew that I would not be allowed to box but I proved a point by showing up , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I was doing things I knew that I would be doing properly in a few years . |
| 4 | I knew that I would get a lift on a boat going up the canal . |
| 5 | I knew that I would take her back eventually , but I wanted to torment her with indifference . |
| 6 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 7 | After travelling ‘ with knitting ’ for many years , I knew that I would be made welcome when I arrived . |
| 8 | Had I been born in the Middle Ages , I knew that I would have been one of those retainers who stayed inside the castle and embroidered whilst the knights went off to slaughter the French . |
| 9 | It was a very sad day for me when I visited Basil in a Harrogate hospital , when I knew that I would , probably , never see him again . |
| 10 | I knew that I would probably lose the case if I did , and lose everything , but for my own personal esteem I needed to actually make that stand . ’ |
| 11 | As I walked away , I think I knew that I would not go back . |
| 12 | I knew that I would never find happiness anywhere else . |
| 13 | When I met my husband , I knew he was the one for me , and I knew that I would have to be honest if our marriage was n't to be based on a lie . |
| 14 | I knew that I would return to this island again when I would have more time to search . |
| 15 | Naturally I knew that I would n't be wandering unnoticed . |
| 16 | ‘ If I knew that I would not be here , ’ she said , in the most lucid tone Cleo had yet heard her utter . |
| 17 | He heard that the old tray — the papier mâché tray — that used to hang there had fallen and got broken beyond repair and he knew that I would notice the gap . |
| 18 | He knew that I would never let him marry her , and , besides , he has a girlfriend of his own , so when I offered him money to go away and leave her alone he stood me off as much as he dared , and collected a big enough stake to marry his girl and start a small business , which , he kindly informed me when he left , he intends to turn into a large one , one day . ’ |