Example sentences of "she know a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did she know a terrible secret from his past , which she had threatened to tell ? |
| 2 | Only for a brief moment while Merrill was changing her shoes did she know a fleeting reservation . |
| 3 | To flee would be to award them victory — and , for the first time , she knew a burning determination to win . |
| 4 | Being a woman , and coming from the background she did , she knew a great deal about jewellery . |
| 5 | Her imagination conjured up an erotically vivid picture and she knew a hectic flush had risen to her cheeks . |
| 6 | He lay beside her and she knew a primal terror , old as hills — older far than the Scarabae . |
| 7 | Leila stood up , quite prepared to defend herself , although she knew a trained assassin when she saw one . |
| 8 | When Mrs Thatcher chose Mr Major to protect her legacy , she no doubt thought she knew a safe deposit when she saw one . |
| 9 | She knew a miserable distaste for the day that loomed ahead . |
| 10 | She knew a quick surge of satisfaction when the door flew open , but there was no time to revel in pride at her own achievement as she took in the scene beyond the door . |
| 11 | For a second she knew an intense longing to flee — to get a million miles away from this place and everyone in it . |
| 12 | Hepzibah says she knew an old woman once who kept what she called a Death Book . |
| 13 | ‘ Would you believe , because she knows a soft touch when she sees one ? ’ |