Example sentences of "knew [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted so much to go into the house and be with them , but I knew I must stay in the hut . |
| 2 | There was a bump and an awful squeal — I just knew I 'd run over the dog . |
| 3 | I knew I 'd come to the right place . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew I 'd come to the right place . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , she wo n't know if nobody tells her , ’ said Camille , but , in truth , she knew she could depend on the discretion of her friends . |
| 6 | When they seen us they knew we 'd come from the prison and used to sit back and grab their handbags sort of thing . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She could still see the tableau this morning : her father with tears of pride in his eyes — she knew he would go to the business and bore everyone to death with tales about how his wonderful daughter was going to university . |
| 9 | Of course he knew he would hang for the offence , but he also knew that humanity is not an endangered species , and reckoned therefore that twenty-seven ( did you say twenty-eight ? ) |
| 10 | There was no one in the village who would own such a pet and the Lady Prioress is quite strict with her community on that , so I knew it must belong to the young woman who had been murdered . ’ |