Example sentences of "knew [pron] do " in BNC.

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1 Tiny natives in their feathered headdresses and skirts besported themselves on the water 's edge , far more ostentatiously than Kit knew them to do .
2 ‘ I bought Picnic because Nick Skelton told me to , he knew I did n't have the biggest cash flow in the world , ’ Steven Smith said of a horse whose awkward streak would have been reflected in the price .
3 This resulted in ‘ Aladdin ’ and I knew I did n't have much more to say about rock and roll .
4 People feel something like this : ‘ If I knew I did everything I possibly could then I would n't feel so bad after he 's gone ’ .
5 It was a strange letter , as Bill told me at numbing length how much he hated literary magazines , and how he knew I did as well .
6 ‘ Everyone was watching me but I knew I did n't need to go fast .
7 I knew I did n't deserve his patience ; I had to think up some justification of my silliness , so I said , " They 'll all notice , " which was something that had n't been worrying me up to then .
8 But this time he knew I did n't mean it .
9 I thought I knew I did n't love him .
10 I knew I did — and put off half my future for her .
11 ‘ I knew I did n't want to live in a cream house . ’
12 I knew I did n't want to give them up .
13 I knew I did n't want to walk up that beach .
14 She knew I did not love her , I did not hide my feelings .
15 The first time we made love , I started out believing I hated you , but when we … by the end I knew I did n't really , and that I loved you .
16 So I just went I knew I did the only thing that I knew I could do .
17 And he knew I did n't have to be home for the kids or whatever , he knew my circumstances so well and he knew th exactly how much he could use me you know .
18 And she knew I did n't care for school .
19 You know he knew I did n't want them .
20 I knew I did n't measure up somehow , but I did n't know why , and I allowed that to spoil my life .
21 She knew I did n't really want you — or anyone . ’
22 For it was around eleven that morning , when she returned to her office after going to consult Dave Smith about some matter , that Jimmy told her chirpily , ‘ I knew I did n't put this tie on for nothing .
23 He knew I did n't have an education so he lent me books .
24 and I thought , it came out erm , incorrect pin number , please remove your card , I thought at least I 'm getting it back you know so I whipped it out , I said to mum , I 'm gon na have to pay for this with a cheque , I said , I ca n't get the cash out , and she , she said why , and I said I , I forgotten my number , I was getting in quite a panic cos I knew I did n't have it written down anywhere at home .
25 She did n't look like she was there ; she knew she did n't want to be there .
26 And then , when she knew she did n't want to have sex with him at all , she was pregnant .
27 He knew she did n't want to take him with her .
28 It was of the kind that one is warned against sleeping upon , but I knew she did sleep upon it .
29 For all her gruffness and trying to hide that she loved Wilson , I knew she did .
30 In front of this woman , under any normal circumstances , she would have dropped half a dozen years , for she knew she did not look her age .
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