Example sentences of "she [vb past] known him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She leaned on Craig 's shoulder as if she 'd known him all her life . |
| 2 | Why , in all the time she 'd known him he had never said the words . |
| 3 | She 'd known him instantly , of course — those vivid eyes and high , prominent cheekbones were unmistakable . |
| 4 | She 'd known him barely two days , and already he 'd steered her through more emotions than she 'd known herself capable of — And , much to her very great surprise , over the next few days he insisted on showing her the countryside . |
| 5 | Before that , she realised , during the three years she 'd known him , he had never moved her to any great depths of emotion — not the same soaring heights and plummeting depths she 'd known in just a few days with Fen . |
| 6 | She 'd known him less than a week and was already on to his annoying habits . |
| 7 | Never in the entire two years she 'd known him had he inspired in her such a hopeless rage of jealousy as she 'd experienced when Guido had looked at that girl . |
| 8 | Popping over the border into France had been Peter 's favourite excuse to account for his absences from the shop ever since she 'd known him . |
| 9 | She could see it in his face , his guard , for the first time since she 'd known him , completely lowered . |
| 10 | She had known him since he was a very small five-year-old , perched like a mosquito on one of the placid beginners ' ponies , so she told the class to carry on walking their ponies while she came to him . |
| 11 | He was a very easy person to talk to , and long before they reached home she felt as if she had known him for years . |
| 12 | She had known him less than a week , yet it seemed natural to turn to him . |
| 13 | She had known him then and she knew his reputation now . |
| 14 | She had known him for many years . |
| 15 | In fact , in all the time she had known him , she had never heard him swear before . |
| 16 | That must be disturbing him greatly ; for , after all , though the Rabbi was not her blood relation and she had known him only since her marriage , even for her it was an intolerable wrench . |
| 17 | The report proved that she had known him very well indeed , and for a very long time . |
| 18 | It was the nearest she had known him come to making a joke . |
| 19 | How wonderful ’ — she had a vague feeling of comforting familiarity , as though she had known him before . |
| 20 | She had never been kissed by him in all the years she had known him — apart from a brotherly peck on the cheek . |
| 21 | He looked as if he was going to protest , but his eyes caught her face , and for the first time since she had known him Nelson was one hundred per cent a grown-up . |