Example sentences of "she knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been brought up a good Church of England girl — she knew the drill . |
| 2 | She knew of at least one reason why each of these six women would have been glad to see Handsome Henry dead . |
| 3 | Peggy thought she knew of at least another ten people who would not really be mourning the death of Henry Phipps . |
| 4 | There could be as many more — dozens more — about whom she knew absolutely nothing at all . |
| 5 | That 's how much she knew . |
| 6 | Jenny reappeared soon enough and she suggested that we nip down the road to a little pâtisserie she knew , which of course we did . |
| 7 | We went off to a little restaurant she knew near Leicester Square . |
| 8 | I do n't think she knew either . |
| 9 | Now she knew how to tease and tantalise her , hold her on the brim of honeydew euphoria then flood her wordless yearning with a Niagara of delirium . |
| 10 | She did n't look like she was there ; she knew she did n't want to be there . |
| 11 | Now she knew where Lucy lived and Lucy knew how she felt . |
| 12 | She knew damn well what she wanted — Lucy stark naked and randy as hell . |
| 13 | God , she knew all right ! |
| 14 | Because when Jay had first kissed a woman , she knew she had come home , it was what she was born for . |
| 15 | But just as surely , she knew Dionne was right . |
| 16 | That was all she knew about Lucy sexually . |
| 17 | She knew what to do there . |
| 18 | And she knew how urgent and fervent their kisses had been , how close Lucy had been to abandoning whatever it was that held her back , made her withhold her beautiful body . |
| 19 | She knew with her first woman , when she was twenty . |
| 20 | She knew all at once that the measured time , the false normality of banter , everything led to an end she dreaded . |
| 21 | She knew she could n't , did n't want to . |
| 22 | And then , when she knew she did n't want to have sex with him at all , she was pregnant . |
| 23 | There would be no more In Love redemption , thought Jay , in fact all she knew was that she did n't know what Love was . |
| 24 | She knew her animal , all at once , no question : not cutesy , not brave , not magnificent . |
| 25 | She had seen her country overrun by both the German and the Russian armies ; she knew at first-hand the madness of war and the fear it transmits to the civilian population . |
| 26 | Tom would resent having broccoli for dinner again , she knew . |
| 27 | Certainly , in her classroom , sex was the topic on which she knew their vocabulary to be widest , in spite of the fact that it did n't receive the level of attention she insisted they devote to the subjects on the curriculum . |
| 28 | She knew this pose showed her slim fingers to advantage . |
| 29 | Oh , she knew well enough there were thousands of Irish who followed English clubs but there were thousands who would choke before they 'd cheer an English team and she was one of them . |
| 30 | She tried to remember the Hudson River as she had travelled down it by train , and the weather seemed constant although she knew it was n't . |