Example sentences of "knew he [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he said he would defend the pound , you knew he would do it or bust . |
| 2 | He knew he would do it all again , because as he looked across the manicured lawns , the buildings shrouded now in darkness but soon to be brilliant in the blazing sunlight , the scene embodied all his dreams . |
| 3 | Mungo wanted to put an arm round her shoulder , but knew he would embarrass her . |
| 4 | When the time came , I knew he would take me to the asteroids , and we could serve the community together . |
| 5 | When Grainne slipped silently into his room , desire blazed up so uncontrollably that the banked-down emotions of a lifetime were swept aside , and he knew he would take her fiercely and violently . |
| 6 | She would have told Jacob about her new purpose , but she knew he would see it as another sign of her raving , a sign of some new imbalance , and would try to search for causes , try to talk her out of it . |
| 7 | Zack carried a gun , and knew he would use it to get away . |
| 8 | She knew he would kiss her and her whole body was waiting for it , every nerve-end coiled in fierce anticipation as his free hand slid round to the back of her head , holding her there , as he looked down into her face . |
| 9 | It was astonishing that he knew he could do it . |
| 10 | ‘ That was when I knew he could make it in the bigtime , ’ he says . |
| 11 | It would n't be too easy , but he knew he could manage it . |
| 12 | He knew he could trust her to say nothing to their mother . |
| 13 | His stomach was churning but he knew he could elude her if only he could remain calm and call her bluff . |
| 14 | All my life I have seen that type of person , handsome and self-assured , who knew he could have me just by crooking a finger and beckoning me to follow . |
| 15 | It landed in the sand , hopping on to the upslope and , when Lyle got there , he knew he could hit it the required 140 yards to the pin . |
| 16 | ‘ All I can say , Chris , is that he took Harley on because he knew he could get him a good contract . ’ |
| 17 | That was the way to come in ; he knew he could get it on the green from there . |
| 18 | Yeah well he said a thousand because he knew he could get he 'd carpet that er er for a thousand . |
| 19 | He knew he must call her , call her back |
| 20 | I knew he 'd make it . |
| 21 | She had not told Tony either , because she knew he 'd want her to have an abortion , and she would have refused , and this would have split them up . |
| 22 | ‘ Whatever scrapes he 'd get you into , ’ one of them had once said , ‘ you always knew he 'd get you out . ’ |
| 23 | He knew he 'd convince her ; he was offering all the best ingredients of a successful untruth — it was possible without being obvious , surprising without being mysterious . |
| 24 | I knew he 'd hate me for it . |
| 25 | As far as I 'm concerned , I went to Hector because I knew him and I knew he 'd let me have a boat cheaply , and I 've used it since then — since the fifteenth — for pleasure , and now to come over and look my people up . |