Example sentences of "she knew [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew every mile of the back roads to Kells through Kilcock , Trim and Fordstown . |
| 2 | The lines from his nose to his mouth were deeper , his mouth was set in a grim line and his eyes were bleak , or perhaps her memory was at fault … but she knew it was n't ; she knew every inch of his face . |
| 3 | Somehow she managed to keep her self-control , opened it at the right page and began reading it slowly , as though she had never seen it before , although she knew every word by heart — because it was written from the heart . |
| 4 | She knew every inch of its twisting rambling passageways , every tree in its old lovely garden . |
| 5 | Perhaps when she knew every last detail of their affair she could blank it all out and start all over again … and the dawn might never come ! |
| 6 | She said many a wicked word , and many a cruel word ; she knew no virtue or goodness , she desired all wickedness ; like as the spirits tempted her to say and do , so she said and did ’ . |
| 7 | The expression of pain in his face became something else entirely : in some part horror , in some part awe , but in the greatest part some sentiment for which she knew no word . |
| 8 | This remark she delivered with the immense complacency of the wise virgin ; Clara could not help but feel that having men in only when things went wrong was not as wildly eccentric as her mother supposed , but as she knew no other way , no other world , she could not be sure . |
| 9 | she knew no more . |
| 10 | She knew no good would come of this . |
| 11 | She lay down again and resolutely set her mind on sleep , with such good effect that she knew no more until a hand on her shoulder woke her . |
| 12 | Although she knew no amount of imagination would take her away from this prison , for fleeting moments she did manage to escape into her book . |
| 13 | Before , she knew no better . |
| 14 | Apart from Athelstan she knew no one there , and Southwark was a dangerous place to visit on a dark winter 's day . |
| 15 | Since she had been secretary to a bishop ( she learnt to type by trial and error ) , and also chauffeur to a bishop ( she learnt to drive by trial and error ) , she knew a lot of the clergy and their wives and had visited them all over the diocese , often in the black-out , and sat with the wives while the husbands talked to Bishop Owen , so she was good at remembering about them and their children and found the wives of the clergy to be fun . |
| 16 | Leila stood up , quite prepared to defend herself , although she knew a trained assassin when she saw one . |
| 17 | I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp ! ’ |
| 18 | Being a woman , and coming from the background she did , she knew a great deal about jewellery . |
| 19 | When Mrs Thatcher chose Mr Major to protect her legacy , she no doubt thought she knew a safe deposit when she saw one . |
| 20 | It was if she knew a solution would be proposed . |
| 21 | ‘ She knew a lot of people , probably had quite a few lovers , but I think she was short on real friends . |
| 22 | She knew a little about my brief and less than glorious foray on to the amateur circuit . |
| 23 | Although we were close she knew a closer , deeper circle |
| 24 | Captain McArthur — a friend of Lionel 's whom she knew a little — and a Miss Bateman , young and pretty . |
| 25 | For a few seconds she knew a stab of fear , and then she looked into his eyes and the fear disappeared . |
| 26 | He lay beside her and she knew a primal terror , old as hills — older far than the Scarabae . |
| 27 | She knew a lot of songs too . |
| 28 | If she knew a thing ought to be done she would really push hard . " |
| 29 | The city was big enough to hide in , to become lost in and anyway she knew a few people here ; Slater was one . |
| 30 | She knew a miserable distaste for the day that loomed ahead . |