Example sentences of "[pron] knew i [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am a self-contained person : neat and elegant : or was until I met Eleanor , who , disgraced , childless , alone , sprawled and wriggled against the shiny black sofa with the big red flowers , and I knew I would rather be her , her life out of control , than me as I was with Lou ; a woman whom an editor could describe as ‘ the mistress of controlled reportage ’ . |
| 2 | I knew I would probably never see her again , and in a way I was glad . |
| 3 | Even though I knew I would soon lose him , he had such power to make me happy that I was in heaven listening to him . |
| 4 | If Dana left me , I knew I would never love anyone again — or at least , not in the same way , with the same intensity . |
| 5 | Yet I could not let him go : his love was too precious to me , and I knew I would never find its like again . |
| 6 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 7 | Also , my brother was such a good trumpet player that I knew I would never be as good as he was , so there was that in there too : like , ‘ God , I do n't really want follow in this guy 's footsteps . ' ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I knew I would never be fit to play , but I wanted to be part of it still . |
| 9 | I knew I would never have the courage to go and ask for my job back after the baby was born , even if circumstances allowed it ; it would soon be filled again , and it 's always horrible to go back to a place where you 've been happy in your own little niche and find somebody else in it . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew I would still be on the road . |
| 11 | I had got my back almost round to the steps by this time but I knew I 'd never get my parka open and the front door key out unless I had an edge . |
| 12 | I knew I 'd never be free of the dog until he was gone ( Eric , poor well-meaning bright but ignorant Eric , thought I still was n't , and I just could n't tell him why I knew I was ) . |
| 13 | I knew I could no longer help him , so I left him . |
| 14 | I knew I could never live with them again , but I thought … |
| 15 | I pretended to despise such modern aids , but that was really a defensive reaction because I knew I could never afford such frills for Masquerade . |
| 16 | I knew I could never be your wife . ’ |
| 17 | I told myself I 'd have an abortion , although I knew I could never go through with it , and I was so relieved when my period came . |
| 18 | I knew I could never inflict her as a mother on Kirsty , but I was totally trapped by the promise I 'd made . |
| 19 | I knew I must soon arrange the memorial party , and the perfect opportunity arose with a letter from one of my closest friends , Margo , now living in Australia , who was planning a trip to Europe with her husband later that summer . |
| 20 | Our wartime experiences were nearly at an end and I sat there thinking of all the many people I had known briefly , wondering if I should see any of them again , and remembering the many whom I knew I should never see again . |
| 21 | He knew I would eventually return to London and my career . ’ |
| 22 | He loves me desperately , he was very lonely , he knew I would always be ‘ above ’ him . |
| 23 | Because he knew I could handle it , he knew I would n't rip him off , and he knew I 'd automatically get treated with respect everywhere I went in the world to represent the company . ’ |
| 24 | My father would turn in his grave if he knew I 'd ever … ever … ’ |
| 25 | I was sure he knew I could barely contain myself or restrain my trembling fingers that longed to run their tips along the insides of those meaty thighs that were spreadeagled enticingly over the edge of his seat . |
| 26 | He knew I could well hold my own . |