Example sentences of "[noun] knew [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just six then , and while Blyth knew that I had had some sort of little accident when I was much younger I certainly seemed to him to be a lot more able-bodied that he was . |
| 2 | Cotton knew that his campaigning could not be effective unless he was successful ; until then unpopularity would be his lot . |
| 3 | Edward knew that he was on treacherous ground . |
| 4 | And somehow Meredith knew that he would n't be as easy to brush off , or to coax , or to divert with jokes as the other young men she 'd fended off . |
| 5 | His eyes narrowed and flicked briefly to the open box behind her , and suddenly , with an appalling cramping of her stomach , Meredith knew that his glance had betrayed his true purpose in pretending to want her and making her flee from the vault without properly investigating its secrets . |
| 6 | Although the overall levels of recall in this study are relatively uninformative because the subjects knew that there would be subsequent memory questions , the dissociation between fixation and recall strengthens Summala and Hietamiki 's claim that low levels of recall are not necessarily a result of failures of perception . |
| 7 | The Force knew that their meticulously erected edifices of proof would n't fall to pieces under cross-examination when he was in the witness box , although he sometimes suspected that they found him too scrupulous for complete comfort . |
| 8 | In fact , by this stage , the state Department knew that there was almost no country prepared to accept the Shah . |
| 9 | Yet in some strange way the bird seemed to have affected the easy relationship that had previously existed between them and , in trying to analyse her own feelings , Lucy knew that she now felt shy and rather embarrassed . |
| 10 | Andy knew that he had to shoot a birdie himself to have a chance of forcing a ‘ sudden death ’ play-off . |
| 11 | Western fans knew that they 'd get their mythical moral dramas , lovers of sloppy romance knew they 'd get their climatic tears . |
| 12 | Paley knew that it needed a special explanation ; Darwin knew it , and I suspect that in his heart of hearts my philosopher companion knew it too . |
| 13 | Marie knew that it was no good going to ask Madge anything . |
| 14 | This , then , was his way of seeing to it that Travis knew that she was out of bounds . |
| 15 | However , in Armagas the person dealing with the agent knew that he had no actual authority to enter the transaction in question . |
| 16 | Dr Neil knew that she was speaking the truth about what had happened to her . |
| 17 | The Court of Appeal ( Civil Division ) in Singh v Rathour [ 1988 ] 1 WLR 422 distinguished Peart and Whittaker v Campbell on the grounds that the defendant knew that he was using a minibus for a purpose which exceeded the limitation under which he had borrowed it . |
| 18 | Bella knew that he would certainly find her . |
| 19 | Ceauşescu knew that he could not both meet the miners ' demands and achieve his economic targets . |
| 20 | The Kilns venture was highly unusual , and the Lewis brothers knew that they could only afford it by taking the great risk of throwing in their lot together ; in the event the purchase price was lowered to £3,300 . |
| 21 | With her mind and her intellect Shiona knew that she hated him , yet , shamelessly , wantonly , her body still craved him . |
| 22 | But inside himself Vashinov knew that something would soon go wrong . |
| 23 | Dot knew that her father was at a place that Gloria rarely talked to other people about , but kept like some kind of secret . |
| 24 | But now she was whispering too and Dot knew that she did n't know what was out there with them either . |
| 25 | Dot knew that she had everything she used so much to long for . |
| 26 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 27 | She looked almost as if she was standing on the surface itself , although Pete knew that there were rocks and shallows and that the effect was no more than illusion . |
| 28 | ‘ If the Chief Constable knew that I was seeing Patrick , all hell would break loose . ’ |
| 29 | Parents knew that they did not need to agree in their answers . |
| 30 | Hugh knew that his wife would blame him although he should n't be blamed . |