Example sentences of "she know [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 She knew she would probably have to say something sooner or later , but she decided she would put it off as long as she possibly could .
2 There were so many things to do but at the back of her mind she knew she would never do any of them .
3 If she allowed herself to think of James at all tears came close to the surface , and she knew she would never feel the same with anyone else .
4 It had been a marvellous wedding party and it was followed by a wedding night that she knew she would never forget .
5 ‘ Do n't you see — ca n't you remember how it was ? ’ he asked , when everything was so indelibly imprinted on her mind that she knew she would never forget a moment of it .
6 All her dreams , in an instant , had vaporised into nothing — for she knew she would never accept his proposition .
7 Like most migrants , she still thought of Scotland as home and Britain as the homeland , although she knew she would never see her native country again .
8 Buying that blank tape had been a waste , for she knew she would never dare play it back .
9 She was thankful for the moonlight for , without it , she knew she would never have found her way to the cab rank .
10 She knew that as surely as she knew she would never get to the rave in Woodham Woods .
11 It was all there , the passion and the glory and inflamed rush of feeling that she knew she would always have for him .
12 She knew she might never hear the words again , but they would be there in every look , every word , every gesture .
13 She had no idea what he meant , and if she tried to answer she knew she 'd only cry .
14 She knew she 'd never see him again .
15 So far as she could recall , she had seen no reviews but then , of course , she knew she could easily have missed them in the interstices of choosing wallpaper , driving down to Hillmarden , overseeing decorators , interviewing nannies , buying a layette and all the hundred and one other things with which she was continually being confronted .
16 He drove so smoothly and the tyres hummed so pleasantly on the tarred road that she knew she could easily have slept .
17 And of Hepzibah , because she was comforting Nick in a way she knew she could never do .
18 She knew she could never look sophisticated .
19 And now she knew she could never escape the past , as she had hoped .
20 She knew she could never trespass on any liking from that robust and distant lady .
21 She gave a dark scowl , left the room and trudged downstairs , her mood so prickly that she knew it would only need one wrong word from Julius to trigger off her own temper .
22 But she knew he would only mock her , so with an effort she refrained .
23 That was why she knew he would always hate her .
24 Telling him would be a mistake , she knew that , just as surely as she knew he would never tell her what he really felt , but she knew .
25 She broke up the partnership with exhaustive cunning , prising Arthur away with weapons of sexual mortification that she knew he would never describe to a living soul , least of all to Fred , because she was Fred 's loved wife .
26 She had not wanted to love this man , especially when she knew he could never love her back .
27 She was under no illusions — she knew he could never feel the same way about her , she knew too that she was storing up heartbreak for herself .
28 It said something that she knew he 'd never put in words .
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