Example sentences of "he knew [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew they would succeed , or die in the attempt . |
| 2 | He said he was sorry for not visiting more often , sorry for not being there , for not , for not , for not , these omissions of his , these confessions , they rose into his closed mouth until it seemed that he might choke , they were jumbled up , dislocated , like old bones in a crypt , but he knew they fitted together , he knew they would form a skeleton where he could hang the flesh and muscle of his guilt . |
| 3 | He did not tell his parents because he knew they would try to change his mind but he confided in a colleague at work . |
| 4 | Mark took these pictures down because he knew they would terrify his patients . |
| 5 | The team inside the car , three of them , would occasionally turn on the engine and try to warm themselves , but he knew they 'd feel the cold after such a freezing night . |
| 6 | If he could have pulled her into his arms at that moment he knew nothing could have stopped him from making love to her . |
| 7 | He knew what would happen to him , because he had seen it all before . |
| 8 | As he watched her eating he knew what would have to be done if she tried to expose him publicly . |
| 9 | He knew she would understand . |
| 10 | He knew she would cry when she was alone . |
| 11 | In hardback , which he knew she 'd think an unnecessary extravagance . |
| 12 | Faithful to him , even if they would have to be apart sometimes , as he 'd be faithful to her , although he knew she 'd take more than a little convincing about that . |
| 13 | But he knew she 'd cut him off . |
| 14 | David handed the statuette to his father telling him he 'd won the contest and his father told him he knew he would succeed in the end . |
| 15 | The questions had chased each other round and round , finding terrible answers , until he knew he would start to scream if he did not shut them out . |
| 16 | He knew he would do as Cohen had directed . |
| 17 | He knew he would do it all again , because as he looked across the manicured lawns , the buildings shrouded now in darkness but soon to be brilliant in the blazing sunlight , the scene embodied all his dreams . |
| 18 | This Sunday morning , as he broke a piece from the bagel to pronounce over it the Grace Before Meals , there was a special fervour in his voice , his blue eyes were full of love and good humour , and he refused room in his heart for the sorrow he knew he would feel on leaving his family . |
| 19 | When Grainne slipped silently into his room , desire blazed up so uncontrollably that the banked-down emotions of a lifetime were swept aside , and he knew he would take her fiercely and violently . |
| 20 | You see , he knew he would get more income in the long run from returning your hat than from keeping it and selling it . ’ |
| 21 | He knew he would get no more out of her , just as he knew she was getting impatient . |
| 22 | If he could not come home he knew he would die , too . |
| 23 | He knew he would have to go in search of extra newspaper before the pains came again , but first he must rest and regain his strength after his exertions in the bathroom . |
| 24 | He knew he would have to go through with the nightly ritual . |
| 25 | If he had been alert to everyday things he knew he would have heard it sooner . |
| 26 | Once he had thought of it he knew he would have to do it . |
| 27 | He knew he would have to live afterwards with the vanquished . |
| 28 | They had fought their way backwards through pantries and brushing rooms and knife rooms , past the European servants ' staircase , past the European butler 's room , the nurseries , the nursery dining-room , and the ayah 's rooms , until in the dining-room he knew he would have to make a stand . |
| 29 | Mary had long ago disappeared but he knew — and was comforted in knowing — that she was not far off : he knew he would have the time to approach her : and on this occasion , he wanted to be sure to get her . |
| 30 | He was n't obliged to follow his own scenario any more , but he knew he would have to obey the voice now . |