Example sentences of "knew [pers pn] must [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Cathedral and afterwards on a quiet walk outside , I knew I must go back to the hospital . |
| 2 | I knew I must talk with her again , but at that moment I was content to have used the words of the last of the great desert explorers . |
| 3 | And so I knew I must do this now . |
| 4 | I knew I must leave him alone . |
| 5 | I wanted so much to go into the house and be with them , but I knew I must stay in the hut . |
| 6 | And although I knew I must hide my feelings , must never allow myself to hope , I also knew that while there was breath in my body , I would always love him . |
| 7 | I let him have his pet , but in the end I went and tried to be nice to him ( because I knew I must get him to send that letter ) . |
| 8 | But I knew I must try to feed if I was to survive . |
| 9 | I gasped — and I knew I must come up somehow . |
| 10 | But as soon as she heard Mrs Whitfield 's voice she knew she must pay out more of her time and attention to the situation than she thought . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ said Maggie with such bleak sincerity that Phoebe knew she must go on . |
| 12 | She described how she walked around for months ‘ with a pain , almost a physical pain , in my heart ’ ; of how she avoided friends and pulled her hat over her face if she met them in the street ; of how , at last , she knew she must express her thousand emotions about her little grandchild in the way she knew best , in clay . |
| 13 | She did not trust Ellen , knew she must show some cunning and somehow invoke the name of law to frighten Ellen into co-operating . |
| 14 | It was to be expected , and she knew she must show herself to be more efficient in future . |
| 15 | She laughed , then knew she must make a move to release herself from his embrace — otherwise he 'd imagine she was actually waiting to be kissed . |
| 16 | Bathsheba knew she must swallow her pride , and called to Laban , who was waiting at the gate . |
| 17 | It was definitely a prelude to more , and she knew she must start to struggle soon . |
| 18 | She felt a small tug in the maternal breast which she knew she must resist . |
| 19 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 20 | She knew she must get out of the car quickly , or it would get stuck behind the steering wheel . |
| 21 | Her swollen lips burned and she knew she must look a mess . |
| 22 | For a start she knew she must look a complete mess . |
| 23 | He had been angry with Hepzibah , though , and thinking about it , lying awake in bed that night , and at school the next day , Carrie knew she must warn her . |
| 24 | Afterwards , she knew she must have imagined the words and the kiss . |
| 25 | She tossed her head defiantly , and just for a moment saw a flicker of something in his eyes before it was gone so fast that she knew she must have imagined it . |
| 26 | I waited in the road I knew she must take . |
| 27 | But at the same time , for her sanity 's sake , she knew she must say no while she still had the strength to do so . |
| 28 | While she knew she must resemble a ragamuffin , she did not appreciate the reminder . |
| 29 | She disliked the thought , was surprised at the intensity of that dislike , but knew she must consider the possibility . |
| 30 | Heart beating , she waited to hear the voice that she knew she must hear . |