Example sentences of "she know [adv] " in BNC.

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31 Here I am , for Chrissakes , about to dine alongside two people who knew Claudia Cohn-Casson , in surroundings she knew well , in an ambience which I know ail too well , although I have only just arrived .
32 Wordsworth , Blake , Chaucer , George Eliot , she knew well , but not the name of the capital of Chad or the number of trade union-sponsored MPs in the House of Commons .
33 It sounded as though she were talking to someone she knew well , or at least had dealt with previously , because she called her interlocutor ‘ Tonio ’ and smiled continuously as though engaged in invisible wooing and sometimes she laughed .
34 She liked the people — many of whom she knew well , and at least as importantly — many of whom knew her well and had known her since early childhood , before the mark of fame had set her apart .
35 Oh , she knew well enough that if he were to walk through that door now , she would not entertain him ; her pride would not let her .
36 ‘ Give what ? ’ she asked , although she knew well what he meant .
37 On the days when he used to leave her a note in the morning she knew well enough that there was no good to be hoped for in replying to it .
38 He had indicated already he wished her to stay in the house for the night , and she knew well enough that the continued presence of her widowed mother and four brothers in the servants ' quarters in the rear compound depended on her strict obedience to all the wishes of the plantation director in his house .
39 From her years as a high street photographer , she knew well how to create icons .
40 ‘ Only if , ’ said Connon slowly , ‘ only if it was someone she knew well . ’
41 ‘ She did n't leave him because his star had fallen ; she knew well enough that he was the kind of man who 'd recover .
42 She was intensely loyal and endlessly kind to those ( women ) she knew well and respected .
43 He took her to the biggest house , whose womenfolk she knew well .
44 One of them turned on Holly-Tallis and she fled up the path to the gate , passing a woman she knew well , remembering her earlier shock at this unexpected encounter .
45 It was a shape she knew well , and her hand fell to the covers .
46 Accomplished compere that she is , she knew just when to stick in the ‘ but seriously , folks ’ bit .
47 Those sausages were a credit to Mother because she knew just the seasoning they required , and we would hang them up in the kitchen for people to eat as they pleased .
48 Even more so now : now that she knew just a little , a very little , of what it was to be persecuted … .
49 What would Araminta Merchiston say if she knew just how far above her in station was this obviously despised new companion ?
50 She knew just where she stood , as seen from the twisted , ancient oak on the skyline .
51 She knew just what she had to do , knew the music perfectly , could sing it in her sleep , but now she felt , for the first time in years , she could bring something of herself , her personality , into her singing .
52 From nowhere she knew just as instinctively that the woman who married this man would always feel secure and cherished by his strength and kindness .
53 It was familiar to her now , and she knew just where his cheek curved , how his jawline made a firm outline for those tender lips , whose searching touch she knew , and had now rejected .
54 She did not like what her life demanded of her , but she knew painfully and absolutely that the moment for truth had come .
55 And after some thought , she knew exactly how .
56 She knew exactly what she wanted to say but the words would n't come .
57 She knew exactly what that was .
58 But also , as a doctor , she knew exactly what it was .
59 With that intuitive understanding she had always had with him , she knew exactly what he meant .
60 Conor 's mother said that , for the first time in ten years , she knew exactly where he was .
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