Example sentences of "she knew [pron] be the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Thérèse respectfully sent the nuns a faire-part , edged in black ; she knew it was the correct thing to do .
2 She really wanted to know ; though it would be painful , she knew it was the only way .
3 No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head !
4 Although they were looking at the clump of bushes from a different angle now , she knew it was the same clump they had seen from the gate .
5 She had never known anything like the need that rent her , and she knew it was the same need that was racking Luke 's rigid body ; and still it escalated as they succumbed to a welter of tumultuous embraces , caresses and kisses , their staccato breathing punctuated by the sharp sounds of desire , their skin damp with perspiration .
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