Example sentences of "knew [pron] would be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no longer anywhere for me to hide , and I knew I would be cut to pieces by the giants ' sharp knives . |
| 2 | ‘ This has been an extraordinarily long ordeal , but I always knew I would be vindicated , ’ Mr Greenway , MP for Ealing North , London , said yesterday . |
| 3 | But knowing , as I did , that there was little to return to in England , and buoyed up by the sense of adventure and risk brought on by the thought of joining the Legion , I knew I would be staying . |
| 4 | But I knew I would be leaving Hawaii in January . |
| 5 | I always knew I would be apprenticed to Joe as soon as I was old enough , and so I used to spend most of the day helping him in the forge . |
| 6 | So , it was , it was , I , a as soon as I knew I 'd be teaching this I thought the only way |
| 7 | It was you , Nadine , come here to leave this letter where you knew I 'd be bound to see it . |
| 8 | you knew I 'd be coming |
| 9 | I knew I 'd be going nowhere near them . |
| 10 | I knew I 'd be corrected there . |
| 11 | She did not argue because she knew she would not win ; she did not weep because she knew she would be rebuked . |
| 12 | He tossed it aside as if it were made of straw and she knew she would be lost if he touched her . |
| 13 | It would be dangerous enough with some space and several tablecloths between their nearly naked bodies , but if he touched her she knew she would be lost . |
| 14 | Soon , she knew she would be thinking in terms of shock , stress , guilt reaction , grief , anxiety , a clouded mind . |
| 15 | It was not the tome for any kind of deep discussion ; her senses were in shock , and she knew she would be worsted . |
| 16 | As the selection process hinged upon the spoken word I knew she 'd be chosen . |
| 17 | Leith knew she 'd be to blame somewhere . |
| 18 | ‘ It said she hated having to give you up , she 'd hoped to keep you , but this way you 'd have more than she could ever give you , and she knew you 'd be loved , even as much as she loved you . |
| 19 | ‘ Knew you 'd be knocked sideways . |
| 20 | I knew you 'd be enthused . |
| 21 | Refuelling at Rangoon , we knew we would be flying after dark but the six ‘ snails ’ decided to leave , anyway . |
| 22 | We were deprived a show of hands because they knew they would be defeated and embarrassed . ’ |
| 23 | CLACTON knew they would be struggling at the weigh-in when they entertained Felixstowe in the first round of the Turner Cup and Inter Club Trophy . |
| 24 | They knew they would be working in groups of six or seven pupils from both schools . |
| 25 | He knew they would be hurrying behind him , might even have heard his running steps on the path or noted , practised woodsmen as they were , the scatter of wood-pigeons that went up in a flurry ahead of him . |
| 26 | As she went from the room , Beth could hear Cissie moaning behind her , and knew they would be going through the same old argument when she returned to the kitchen . |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose the humans or whatever knew they would be coming back , and I 've been up and looked at the controls and , you know , it 's probably easier than the truck was , only of course there 's these extra levers for the hydraulics , but that should n't be a problem if there 's enough fuel , which … ’ |
| 28 | There was no need to run , for he knew they would be following the horses , and on the highway he could not easily lose them . |
| 29 | Both the girls were under age for drinking , but knew they 'd be served without any trouble . |
| 30 | He knew they 'd be starting their descent in another five minutes . |