Example sentences of "knew [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furious with herself for allowing such a situation , she pushed Marc 's hand away , panting slightly with suppressed emotion at the misunderstandings she knew must follow . |
| 2 | The dark , brooding look about him , so daunting at their first meeting , was missing these days , replaced by a zest and animation she knew must have been the norm for Penry Vaughan before his marriage — or before his divorce , she corrected herself . |
| 3 | Which for all I knew might have no end |
| 4 | Supple entwinement through the living moss which for all that I knew might have no end , Image of an endless embrace |
| 5 | He gave a hard smile , and said , ‘ The only one that I knew could fulfil my ambition to be a multimillionaire before I was thirty . ’ |
| 6 | The fact that very few other girls she knew could hold a candle to Paula did not help much either . |
| 7 | It was like the conversations he had on the ‘ Carry On ’ set , embroidered for an audience whom he knew could relate to it all . |
| 8 | This new tank had an u/g filter powered by an Aquaclear 301 plus an overhead trickle-through filter powered by a Fluval 4 which I knew could carry a much bigger load than required . |
| 9 | No one else I knew could afford a car like that . |
| 10 | Her eyes filled with tears , but she made no attempt to blink them away , too caught up in an internal struggle which she knew could determine her life forever after . |
| 11 | I found myself wondering anxiously whether anyone we knew could overhear us . |
| 12 | Until that moment I never realised anyone I knew could die . |
| 13 | The dirty floor was smeared with thin sticky black lines that Mitchell knew would shine red in stronger light . |
| 14 | Calm balmed him : a sense of peace which he knew would encompass him on a return from a devout , loyal , and sensible killing in the future . |
| 15 | This is the pencil that his kindergarten teacher possessed ; the pencil that made the blue ticks and the red crosses in the register ; the pencil that he wept for , that his mother went all over town to find , and failed to find , because they were all gone , or not made any more , or kept for teachers , or only imagined ; the pencil which he knew would make him happy , if only he possessed it , for evermore . |
| 16 | Leith swallowed hard , and knew , before the weakness of loving him , the weakness of wanting him battered down the rest of her defences , small though those defences were , that she had to appeal to that in him which she somehow knew would make him hate himself if he took her . |
| 17 | he knew would lead to a vast network of subterranean flames , |
| 18 | It was the not knowing which perturbed him most and led him to take an action which he knew would lead to his inevitable and somewhat painful death . |
| 19 | Without waiting for the inevitable flourish of the panama and the affected little bow that she knew would accompany his farewell , she turned round and hurried away . |
| 20 | Still , I 'd always tried hard to be a good golfer , and playing off three handicap I knew would stand me in good stead . |
| 21 | The opposition condemned ministers for a cynical exercise which they knew would fail . |
| 22 | His eyes , glittering with rage , bored into hers for one deadly moment ; then he was out of the office before she could move , and minutes later the showroom door closed with a precision she knew would remain with her for a long time . |
| 23 | Only his shoes seemed to be a little too pointed — not quite what men one knew would wear . |
| 24 | ‘ We 'll have to eat together , ’ I said in a doleful tone which I knew would upset my mother as much as the vision which my remark would conjure up . |
| 25 | ‘ Bob , ’ she said brightly , in a tone she knew would draw the attention of everyone . |
| 26 | To add to my anxieties about the early start , my husband and I were due to attend a charity casino evening in Kenilworth on the Saturday night , an event which I knew would continue into the early hours . |
| 27 | that he injected Royan with a substance he knew would harm him , in the presence of the press , and failed to given him adequate medical attention . |
| 28 | Avoiding the recriminations which he knew would ensue should he inform Willy of his decision , Boulestin slipped away from Paris while his employer was absent . |
| 29 | This prompted an unusually animated argument between counsel and the judge , who was clearly outraged at what he expressly called the crass incompetence of the Crown Prosecution Service in serving and making part of the prosecution case a witness they knew would support the defendant and then seeking to discontinue when predictably he did just that . |
| 30 | It was a voice which I knew would fill the arena at Verona if he were so minded — though he would not sign this song , for it was ‘ Greensleeves ’ . |