Example sentences of "[noun] she knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Christina 's thinking it was a mess , but seeing the faraway look in Stephen 's eyes she knew he viewed it differently . |
| 2 | His head turned , and although she could only just see the shadow of his eyes she knew he was looking at her . |
| 3 | If it was a battle between the two brothers she knew whose side she was on ! |
| 4 | In the back of her mind she knew that the situation should never have got this far . |
| 5 | There were so many things to do but at the back of her mind she knew she would never do any of them . |
| 6 | With one part of her bemused and disorientated mind she knew that she must call a halt — right now ! |
| 7 | She could scarcely breathe , let alone struggle , but when she heard the sound of someone in the undergrowth she knew it was Travis and tried to get out a warning . |
| 8 | It was she who eventually recommended that Laura go to a college she knew of — one where she would find an environment supportive of her experience . |
| 9 | Fran closed her eyes , willing the frantic pounding of her pulse to slow , but when his fingers completed their slow journey and came to rest at the base of her neck she knew that he could feel every frantic beat . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ she said stubbornly , but even as she said the words she knew they were n't a hundred per cent true . |
| 11 | She had no idea of the age of ‘ La Felicità ’ but such houses had stood on the white furrowed hillsides in the pictures she knew by heart . |
| 12 | Even as the words left her lips she knew they sounded ridiculous . |
| 13 | You refer to her stately homes , which she cared for deeply , but more importantly round these homes she knew by name a huge number of tenants , workers and friends who always received a warm and cheerful word , and many enjoyed great generosity from her and her husband . |
| 14 | Like Edward she knew the ‘ reason why we do n't marry is not our immaturity but impecuniousness ’ . |
| 15 | As a long-service employee she knew from first-hand experience the contribution Mark had made to the expansion of the Corporation over the years . |
| 16 | Watching her reflection in the viewport she knew she 'd failed . |
| 17 | She seemed pulled out , elongated by it , so that her shoes , her new bronze slippers with rosettes on the toes that Aunt Emily had said she must keep hidden at all times if possible since legs and feet were highly indecent , seemed far further away than the five and a half feet she knew separated them from the crown of her head . |
| 18 | Membership in the human race was a psychological crutch she knew she could do without , but was n't quite ready to throw away yet . |
| 19 | As Diana prepared for battle she knew she needed a strategy . |
| 20 | The dizzy feeling in her head intensified , and with an abrupt surge of panic she knew she was about to black out . |
| 21 | As a schoolteacher she knew only too well the dance they led their parents . |
| 22 | Timothy looked straight into Topaz 's eyes and in that split second she knew without doubt that he was aware of her love for Andrew . |
| 23 | He held his hand out in a gesture for her to come into the house but in that second she knew she never could . |
| 24 | For a second she knew an intense longing to flee — to get a million miles away from this place and everyone in it . |
| 25 | From the first time she was asked to canter a figure-of-eight she knew that one always cantered a figure-of-eight ; and so when she was asked to trot one instead , she became increasingly anxious , excited , irrational , and disobedient . |
| 26 | The state Karen was in , it was a wonder she knew who her own feet belonged to , never mind anyone else 's . |
| 27 | as though there had never been another world , and when a boy she knew , who lived in Doncaster , asked if he could come over and take her out , she refused him , although she liked him , because she knew that she could not bear to allow herself to emerge . |
| 28 | On reflection she knew he was right . |
| 29 | With a sigh she knew that in the morning when the people returned they would bring with them the rivalries and ill-feeling that had spoiled everything . |
| 30 | But as she stepped into the hall she knew something was wrong . |