Example sentences of "she knew [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Teesdale district councillor Kath Toward said she knew of other ambulance delays . |
| 2 | Jo loathed her blobby nose , her receding chin , her long body , her short legs , her droopy ass , her fat thighs , her white skin that absolutely refused to tan and her brown hair which frizzed and which her mother would n't even let her frost ; she accepted that she would never look like Faye Dunaway , never be a Prom Queen and that most of her body was a total disaster area , but she knew with absolute certainty that she had great tits . |
| 3 | The expedition was not to start until the beginning of May , five days away , and she knew with absolute certainty that the word of it was to come to them from her . |
| 4 | She just knew , she knew with absolute certainty , that in this vast , noisy , busy city , something would happen to her , and it was bound to be something good . |
| 5 | She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words . |
| 6 | But she knew with bleak certainty that , once she 'd left it , she would never , ever come back . |
| 7 | Florian had referred blithely to Luke 's owning them , with regard to his interest in the radio station , when in fact he was liberal in the extent of the leeway he allowed them , but in a personal relationship , she knew with sudden bone-deep conviction , his ownership would be total . |
| 8 | That was about the only other thing she knew for sure . |
| 9 | She knew for sure that one contained the means to finding the Grimoire . |
| 10 | One thing she knew for sure : Alain would be married long before she was . |
| 11 | Suddenly she was ravenous , and she knew for sure that the cupboard held only labour-intensive proper food . |
| 12 | The grandmother of two of the children sobbed when she knew for certain they would not be coming home . |
| 13 | But she did n't want him even that far away , and in a mindless vortex of wanting , she , who she knew for certain was not the clinging type , clung on to him . |
| 14 | Yet she knew for certain that if she never saw him again she would never forget him . |
| 15 | Now that she knew for certain that she could n't marry him , her first impulse was to call him up and tell him so . |
| 16 | She knew for certain now , in the way that mothers can , that Steve was protecting someone , probably a man , possibly a teacher , but someone who had authority over him . |
| 17 | She took on Richard Burton and it is impossible that she did not know — quite soon — that there were flaws : she knew about theatrical affairs and knew that most of them were no more than vessels bumping in the night or for the run of the play . |
| 18 | She knew about anal sex , but it was something she 'd never been asked to do . |
| 19 | She knew from bitter experience how treacherous such feelings could be , and the blind alleyways down which they led . |
| 20 | Robyn sighed ; she knew from past experience that Anne would n't give up easily . |
| 21 | Enya claims to be stubborn , sulky and contrary where her composition is concerned , but she knew from unfortunate personal experience the natural anarchy and entropy of bands and very rationally allowed Nicky and Roma 's professional advice to guide her in the right direction . |