Example sentences of "knew [conj] [pers pn] had [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all knew that they had to go on fighting , and be strong for their children , and Mr Edwards commended them for that strength . |
| 2 | He and Levshin , his deputy , knew that they had to do something , but in 1856 their ideas were unambitious . |
| 3 | ‘ That was believed important , for with the Enchantment useless , we knew that we had to keep the Wolfline alive for as long as we could . |
| 4 | She looked back at Nuadu and knew that it had to work . |
| 5 | I always knew that you had to have the important artists around too . |
| 6 | Andy knew that he had to shoot a birdie himself to have a chance of forcing a ‘ sudden death ’ play-off . |
| 7 | The dream grew faster and faster and more and more desperate , because he knew that he had to reach the last box before the end of the day . |
| 8 | But from 12 December he knew that he had to move somewhere , under orders . |
| 9 | Nicholas knew that he had to do something , but he was not sure what . |
| 10 | He knew that he had to die to free the captives from the corruption within and the Captor without . |
| 11 | Delaney knew that he had to talk more with Nell , and warn the others . |
| 12 | The images of the dead came to his mind and he knew that he had to stop Kopyion . |
| 13 | He knew that he had to coax the curia along . |
| 14 | He longed for rest but knew that he had to keep moving , and hauling on the line , he got his hands on to the taffrail and vaulted into the cockpit . |
| 15 | For the Collector knew that he had to have earth as a cushion against the enemy cannons ; brickwork or masonry splinters or cracks , wood is useless ; only earth is capable of gulping down cannon balls without distress . |
| 16 | Francis suddenly knew that he had to make the Doctor understand . |
| 17 | Reason had grown wings and flown out of the window , but she knew that she had to recapture it or else give in to him , and live to regret her weakness . |
| 18 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 19 | And although she was sad , she knew that she had to go with him and she did . |
| 20 | She already knew that she had to go . |
| 21 | One lady positively adored her little Chihuahua , Poco , for 15 years , but the time came when he was persistently ill and she knew that she had to save him from further suffering . |
| 22 | It was empty , Jo was by this time awake ( having crept earlier to bed ) , but she did n't move for fear of her father 's anger interpreting his shouts of rage , she gathered that her mother was gone and realising what damage he could consequently do to her and her baby , she knew that she had to escape . |
| 23 | Suddenly she knew that she had to warn him . |
| 24 | Liz was humiliated by this , rather than enraged , but she knew that she had to qualify in order ever to be free and accepted the conditions . |
| 25 | When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon . |
| 26 | At last the rain held off and although the wind was a little strong I knew that I had to fly her . |
| 27 | I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for . |
| 28 | It was a moment when a stray thread of sledge-hammer sanity isolated itself and hit me , and I , in that scarce moment , knew that I had to protect you — from me ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ As soon as I was introduced to the concept of the Dewhurst Tennis Academy , ’ said Mr Dick , ‘ and its sole directive to produce champions , I knew that I had to assist in this exciting initiative for British tennis ’ |