Example sentences of "know he [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 How do we know he wo n't discharge himself again after a week ?
2 I do n't know he might be .
3 He will be erm erm yes he was born the year before I had my hysterectomy he was bor yes , but do you know he 'll
4 I do n't know he 'll be
5 Did he know he would die a few years later ?
6 He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon , but not just yet .
7 ‘ It was right and proper to let Paul know he would be playing . ’
8 Alice said , " But he would know he would n't have to pay them , would n't he . "
9 And it worried her too ( He might have had an accident — should I phone the police ? ) , almost as much as it angered her ( He might have had the decency to let me know he would n't be in to supper ) .
10 Did n't you know he used to be feather weight champion of Scotland
11 Christ , he did n't know he 'd never get another chance . ’
12 Everyone would know he 'd become Rosa 's suitor , now that he 'd been to the house and paid a call after meeting her secretly at night .
13 ‘ And I did n't know he 'd come to the hotel to find you !
14 With your dad yeah , yeah cos it 's now we 've got to order red paint , he did n't get any red because he did n't honestly think , well it did n't , he did n't know he 'd need it
15 ‘ But could n't he even raise a finger so we 'd know he can understand us ? ’
16 He let Sarazen know he could straighten out his game for him ‘ before the bell rings ’ , caddies ' parlance for before the tournament-proper starts .
17 I did n't know he could sing . ’
18 We know , then , that he can play a little — after all , nobody has won as many tour events in a year since Bob Tway in 1986 — but we did n't know he could make an audience laugh , or that he had such an offbeat approach to the game .
19 There was n't much Walter did n't know about machines , and what he did n't know he could learn in five minutes .
20 2 years ago Teddy Sutton did n't know he could carve ; now his work is on display at up to £300 a time .
21 He knows , or if he does not know he should find out , the features or conditions of the environment he has chosen to occupy , and he should act accordingly .
22 To know he ca n't provide for his family . ’
23 But she knew Adam well enough by now to know he would n't make empty threats .
24 Müller was n't to know he 'd come off your medication .
25 He 'd seen enough trees dose to the boundary to know he could use them to scale up , and his coat would protect him against the barbed wire .
26 He was sensible enough to know he could n't get away with flip , funny conversation , trying to compete with the young .
27 ‘ That 's why I want him to know he can talk to us .
28 for all we know he might be locked up in that house against his will — ‘
29 For all you know he might be a very shady character . ’
30 And I said I 've bought a box of matches for him to go down and light this fire thinking you know he might need two or three matches at a time .
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