Example sentences of "[conj] he knew that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proper approach should be to convict D of the aggravated offence only where he knew that V was , or might be , a police-officer . |
| 2 | He chose a stance high up in a plane tree where he knew that if they tried climbing he would see them long before they reached him . |
| 3 | Yet he must somehow tear the pain out with his hands or he knew that it would kill him . |
| 4 | Although he knew that they could not reach beyond the full extension of their chains , Frankie was never fully convinced that he was safe from them . |
| 5 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 6 | She did n't pick up the name Berowne although he knew that it was safely stowed in her mind . |
| 7 | Perhaps to keep herself in countenance she opened her notebook although he knew that she would not refer to it . |
| 8 | Yeltsin said that he had promised to go with them , although he knew that the Russian Supreme Soviet would not allow him to do so . |
| 9 | Mr Gray said the fact of the repatriations from Allied-occupied Austria in May and June 1945 was accepted , but what was at issue was Lord Aldington 's role , and the allegation that he knew that they would be killed . |
| 10 | For a moment Nutty was afraid that he knew that Hoomey had given his secret away ; but he was not apathetic anymore . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe what upset Dustin was that he knew that , although he was the better actor , Steve 's performance in Papillon was superior , ’ commented Norman Jewison , who had directed McQueen in The Cincinnati Kid and The Thomas Crown Affair , but who never worked with Dustin . |
| 12 | A person would only be liable as a constructive trustee of money he had received in payment of a commercial liability , and which had already passed through his hands , if it was possible to show that he knew that the money was misapplied trust money because he had actual knowledge of the breach of trust or he had wilfully shut his eyes to the obvious or had wilfully or recklessly failed to make inquiries that an honest and reasonable man would have made . |
| 13 | Pardy had almost admitted that he knew that — but had stopped just short and would n't be fooled into such a damning admission now . |
| 14 | He said that was fine and that he knew that the sails would be as good as the last suit that we had made for him . |
| 15 | The circumstances in which Anselm used the phrase Libertas Ecclesiae in these nine letters from 1101 to 1106 show that he knew that this phrase embodied the papal policy with which Hugh of Lyons had probably made him familiar , and which he was in duty bound to carry out in the matter of homage and investiture . |
| 16 | Hennessy moved in closer now that he knew that he was n't placing communication at risk . |
| 17 | It was she who would be embarrassed if she knew , or at any rate , if she knew that he knew that she knew . |
| 18 | The thought came to Alexei with such force and urgency that he knew that it was not a reasoned reaction . |
| 19 | Indeed , a business manager involved in trying to develop a portfolio analysis of SBUs recently stated to me that he knew that assessing the profitability of the different SBUs was a key step in determining market attractiveness , but he did not know which accounting concept was correct . |
| 20 | There would still be the difference between the two sections that , whereas section 5 plainly places the probative burden on the defendant , under section 4 , the defendant would have no more than an evidentiary burden to raise the issue , in which case it would be for the prosecutor to establish that he knew that witnesses were present . |
| 21 | In November 1989 Secord had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making a false statement to congressional investigators by denying that he knew that funds from the Iran-contra operation had been used to instal a security system at the house of Oliver North . |
| 22 | A knife-point poked into his back every few seconds , so he knew that the mestizo was close behind him . |
| 23 | On the other hand , once he knew that Edberg and Anders Jarryd had reduced Canada 's lead to 2–1 by winning the doubles , he breathed rather more easily . |
| 24 | And he knew that the Financial Secretary was the junior of three Treasury Ministers and did not sit in the Cabinet . |
| 25 | He had failed Responsions twice , in December and April before the Lincoln examination and he knew that if he did not pass in June his Oxford career , in spite of his entrance scholarship , would end abruptly . |
| 26 | And he knew that she did n't believe him . |
| 27 | The guilts and pains he had foisted upon a fictional being would come back in even greater strength to their source , and he knew that he would go mad . |
| 28 | He heard that the old tray — the papier mâché tray — that used to hang there had fallen and got broken beyond repair and he knew that I would notice the gap . |
| 29 | And he knew that he could n't continue avoiding her — or not without catching pneumonia , he thought , and smiled at his own joke . |
| 30 | And he knew that this was the keyhole for his wondrous delicate key , and with a little sigh he put it in and waited for what should ensue . |