Example sentences of "she knew [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew everyone watched her carefully , not knowing how to interpret her steady dutifulness , not crediting that it would last . |
| 2 | She did n't know their names ; she would n't have recognized their faces ; but she knew they existed . |
| 3 | She knew they mated for life , and though she did not think much of married bliss , yet she approved of constancy . |
| 4 | She knew they 'd been on the verge of drawing at least a little closer to each other , yet she had been the one to ruin the opportunity . |
| 5 | Yet surely she knew they had no way of paying , should she demand it ? |
| 6 | They reassured her that she looked beautiful , and she knew they had bought the dress for her . |
| 7 | She knew they had different fathers and she knew that in each case there was only a certain number of possibilities , but beyond that all was obscure . |
| 8 | She knew they had had a visitor last night , but no one had told her who it was or why they 'd come . |
| 9 | That was how she knew they had arrived . |
| 10 | ‘ Very well , ’ sighed Isabel , obeying only because she knew they had to find shelter , and there was none where they stood . |
| 11 | Inwardly she exulted , for she knew they had won . |
| 12 | She knew they had triplets and their approximate age . |
| 13 | Even as the words left her lips she knew they sounded ridiculous . |
| 14 | Never let them think she knew they fancied her . |
| 15 | She knew what had happened but she had completely forgotten the details — including the description of the perpetrator . |
| 16 | She knew what had happened , all right : she was being slowed down again . |
| 17 | She knew what had happened but could not be bothered to deal with it . |
| 18 | And before she knew what had happened , his knuckles had slipped inside her pelvis , and she had swallowed his whole fist inside her dewy cavern . |
| 19 | She knew what had happened straight away ; she did n't need to work it out . |
| 20 | Instantly she knew what had caused it . |
| 21 | The home-help , too , had seen films on television : she knew what happened at the scene of a crime . |
| 22 | Then he 'd tell Phil Simpkin that he was having trouble with one of the staff , and she 'd be out on her wiggly bottom before she knew what hit her . |
| 23 | Oh well she knew her did she ? |
| 24 | She knew we 'd got a clue , even if she did n't know what it was . |
| 25 | Was it because she knew we 'd had an affair and was jealous or was it the heartbreak of coming face to face with Steve ? ’ |
| 26 | However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control . |
| 27 | She was part Mulholland on her mother 's side and she knew we had fallen from the middle class or , to be precise , that her mother had married down , even though she loved her father . |
| 28 | ‘ Perhaps she knew we had proof of her treachery , but there is no need for her to fear our vengeance . ’ |
| 29 | Furthermore , he had always related to her on an intellectual level , unlike the majority of men she knew who saw her as just another pretty face ( to try a line on ) , and although she and Whitlock never mixed socially , only ever meeting up at work , she had come to regard him as one of her few real friends . |
| 30 | But now she knew the names of the victims , she knew who had found them , she knew that the door had been unlocked , she knew how they had died , although surely he had n't mentioned the slitting of throats . |