Example sentences of "knew you [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew you might work it out but I reasoned that if I did n't rush forward to explain all , you might catch the culprit first and never have to trouble me . ’ |
| 2 | I knew you would want to see them , Captain — Mr Andropulos seems very anxious to see you — and I know you do n't like unauthorized people on the bridge so I took the liberty of putting the four gentlemen and the two young ladies in the wardroom . |
| 3 | ‘ I knew you would want to set all to rights , ’ Rose said softly , smiling warmly at her . |
| 4 | So I knew you would eat it like that in an omelette . |
| 5 | She reddened , said : ‘ I knew you would think I had taken too much responsibility on myself . ’ |
| 6 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't think , ’ Tremayne said painfully , ‘ I mean , it had to be someone who knew you would fetch Gareth 's camera , who shot you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I love you in a very special way and I knew you would understand . |
| 9 | Ben said , ‘ I knew you would keep her . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I knew you would say that , ’ he said . |
| 11 | When Jack and Alick , after being shipwrecked and narrowly escaping murder , starvation and sundry other perils , are reunited with Terence on board a brig-of-war , he declares it is worth being lost when reunion is so pleasant and ends with a flourish : ‘ Old fellows , I knew you would come back somehow or other ; I always said so ; astride of a dolphin , if in no other way … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I knew you would come . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I knew you would come . |
| 14 | This time I knew you would come . ’ |
| 15 | The note read ‘ I knew you would come back into the house , so please take some food . |
| 16 | " I knew you would try to find me . |
| 17 | ‘ I knew you would read it sooner or later . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew you would find a way , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ I knew you would see reason in the end . |
| 20 | We knew you would like us to help ourselves , and it does keep the crop growing , of course . |
| 21 | used to publish what areas were going to have power cuts , d' ya remember ? , you were in Bristol at the time , er Stuart was the same , they used to publish what area would be cut off and for what time and for how long and you knew you would get cut off , sort of ten o'clock in the morning till three in the afternoon , usu , four or five hours at a time was n't it ? |
| 22 | ‘ When we were first married , I knew you would have to spend quite a lot of time on your own , when I was tied up with business affairs . |
| 23 | Before , we knew you should save energy , but all we could do was wave our hands . |
| 24 | knew you could do it I I 'm just not erm at all sure of er how that actually works . |
| 25 | I knew you could do it . |
| 26 | ‘ I knew you could do it . |
| 27 | You 're brilliant , I knew you could do it , it 's wonderful , now then what else do we need to do in there ? |
| 28 | As a chemist , is there anything that you would really like to know , something you 'd really like to discover , something that if you knew you could feel you could do a whole lot more chemistry ? |
| 29 | Paul Rodgers ’ , ‘ I never knew you could grow exotic fruits and flowers in this country ’ is a fluttering envelope-lined greenhouse lit from the inside by two sunbeds . |
| 30 | I knew you 'd want to know . ’ |