Example sentences of "[noun prp] knew [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett knew he had to leave but the room was spinning around him and he fell gratefully into the gathering blackness . |
| 2 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 3 | Now here , lying on her bed while St Margaret held his dragon power in check , Maggie knew she had indulged Fenna too long , that she had fed him and petted him into overweening size and pride . |
| 4 | And so began a friendship that before Ellie knew it had become a courtship . |
| 5 | In an instant Kim knew what had happened . |
| 6 | As she did so , Caspar turned with her , and Fenella knew he had had the same idea . |
| 7 | Benny knew he had to get William out of the smoke before he did anything else . |
| 8 | He swigged his champagne with such abandon that Ruth knew he had swallowed Maria Luisa 's explanation of their affair with the same ease as she had at first . |
| 9 | Ruth knew she had to do something . |
| 10 | In that split second Graham knew he had won . |
| 11 | Meryl knew she had misjudged the situation . |
| 12 | As the last wave periscoped up , with only a minute or so left in the heat , Pottz knew he had to take it : he needed a fourth wave to beat Carroll . |
| 13 | Lafaille knew he had to complete this section before there was any chance of a bivouac site . |
| 14 | In the evening Isambard himself opened the door of the room , and even in his small closed hell of hate and despair and self-disgust , Harry knew who had entered , and drew himself erect before him . |
| 15 | Again , Barnes converted with a flourish and Bath knew they had won . |
| 16 | Mid-way through the production year Verity Lambert , Mervyn Pinfield and David Whitaker knew they had had a second season approved by delighted BBC Television Controllers . |
| 17 | Seb knew he had failed yet again to break through the barrier of embarrassment that lay between them , and he did not know what to do about it . |
| 18 | But he was across the room in a few strides , and when he went out , closing the door quietly behind him , Sarella knew he had gone forever . |
| 19 | Carey knew he 'd gone too far , but did n't care . |
| 20 | Dana scowled and Claudia knew she had picked up her thoughts . |
| 21 | Celia knew she had to take the threat seriously . |
| 22 | So Gabriel knew she had to tell . |
| 23 | Maxim knew he 'd had about 650 in the wallet . |
| 24 | The books and papers were wrapped in a silk cloth and , smiling , Craig knew he had found what he had been looking for . |
| 25 | I think even Billy knew you had to sleep with somebody before that happened . |
| 26 | God knew she had had enough practice in ten years of policing . |
| 27 | God knew she 'd thought it , but aloud ? |
| 28 | There was so much enraged violence in the action that Isabel knew she had missed being hurled across the church by that powerful arm only because of fitzAlan 's self-control . |
| 29 | Suddenly Isabel knew she had to succeed . |
| 30 | ‘ 'T IS not four-footed predators we need worry about , ’ he observed , and Isabel knew he had seen her nervous reaction . |