Example sentences of "[pers pn] knew [pers pn] should [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 And from a great distance , heard Caspar say with irritation , ‘ Damn and blast , I knew we should n't have trusted those Gnomes — ’
2 Ooh dear , I knew we should n't have done this .
3 I knew she should n't have told him .
4 I knew I should not miss that appointment with him and I had to succeed in the match , ’ he said .
5 I knew I should n't rush into it , all my instincts told me to take it slowly .
6 I knew I should n't have come , ’ said Tumbleweed .
7 I knew I should n't have pushed my culinary luck .
8 I knew I should n't have put any in the salad .
9 I knew I should n't have stayed here . ’
10 I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’
11 ‘ Hell , I knew I should n't have come , ’ he groaned .
12 I knew I should n't trust you ! ’
13 Our wartime experiences were nearly at an end and I sat there thinking of all the many people I had known briefly , wondering if I should see any of them again , and remembering the many whom I knew I should never see again .
14 She knew she should n't speak to a strange man , but as her Brownie Guider was under a tree not many yards away she thought she could tell him about the litter that had caused the Pack to lose the use of Ferngrove Park .
15 She knew she should n't cause trouble to people .
16 She knew she should n't have said that .
17 He was quite outrageous and she knew she should not have so much as smiled , but she found herself laughing with him .
18 But an alternative explanation had also come to him which he knew he should not ignore .
19 as if he 'd said something he knew he should n't have , to see how I would react .
20 He knew he should n't have hit the animal , but he 'd been angry .
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