Example sentences of "[coord] she knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each person had thought that he or she knew him best and each person had felt he had the right to more sadness than the others . |
| 2 | He put the candle-holder down on it , then turned towards her , and before she could stop him he gave her a kiss so gentle that it hardly registered , and she stared at him , wide-eyed , put her hand to where he had saluted her , and said huskily , ‘ No , ’ although what she meant by that neither he nor she knew . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Being a woman was central to Mrs Thatcher 's political personality , and she knew it . |
| 5 | She had to perform for them with the spotlight on her and she knew that no trick would be good enough . |
| 6 | Maggie 's screams died suddenly into moans , and she knew her darling was safe . |
| 7 | This was not Phoebe 's place and she knew quite simply that tomorrow morning she would go to see her own GP and organize the necessary hospital visit . |
| 8 | She understood his grief and his sense of loss and loneliness — she had been there herself , after the King 's death — and she knew about the feelings of despair and the long , long time the scars would take to heal , but she also knew about the importance of carrying on . |
| 9 | Maria followed Christ to the end ; he was her inspiring Lord , he had changed her life and she knew he could change others . |
| 10 | She had experienced the risen Christ and she knew . |
| 11 | And she knew that she had seen that expression before , and very recently . |
| 12 | They were n't hers and she knew there was always a danger in wanting other peoples ' things for oneself . |
| 13 | Dot did n't mind about the toys and she knew she could n't ask for ginger pop because that cost money but she would have liked to have had her victory token back . |
| 14 | There had been a room full of people , and she knew she was dead and it was her own funeral . |
| 15 | Again she saw Gazzer in her mind , laughing with Bella , clowning around , never taking anything seriously and she knew that she could never find the right words to convince Bella that he was dangerous . |
| 16 | And she knew absolutely everything , which must have made her particularly disappointed in Frankie 's slow progress at school . |
| 17 | And she knew herself to look better , clad in what passed for finery these days , than she did in the house where with so much work to do she had not a moment to spare for her appearance . |
| 18 | If it had not been for a visitor arriving then and her being obliged to leave instantly she had no doubt they would have waded into deeper waters and she knew she would not have been sorry . |
| 19 | Her hair was untidy and her face still on fire and she knew she presented a distraught sight . |
| 20 | She watched Pilade run around laughing and trying to catch butterflies and heard Pen shrieking in the distance as he urged his pony to a faster trot and she knew she did not care a jot for Garibaldi or Cavour or any other Italian hero . |
| 21 | He went off bewildered and hurt and she knew it was quite likely he would seek solace elsewhere . |
| 22 | But it was only one of those sleeps into which he was ever more likely to fall during the day and she knew he would waken , roaring , in an hour or so . |
| 23 | And she knew that he was barely stretching himself . |
| 24 | And she knew now the reason she had n't wanted the doctor , knew it was because she was afraid they 'd take Jenny away from her because she was n't fit to look after her . |
| 25 | Jane had heard sounds of violence coming from the Shill 's room on several occasions , and she knew that in early October , shortly before their arrival , Maria had complained to the police after sustaining a broken collar bone when Joseph pushed her through a window . |
| 26 | And she knew that her male colleagues would be propping up the bar of a public house , by eleven o'clock . |
| 27 | And she knew that he had been to The Bar over thirty times in seven weeks now . |
| 28 | But she had said nothing , and she knew from the look on his face that he was thinking she was still bearing a grudge from the incident in the storeroom the previous night . |
| 29 | It was her hour and she knew it . |
| 30 | Carol looked to right and left to try and keep in mind the way they were going , but all the lanes looked exactly alike in the snow , and she knew she would never be able to find the route back to Threlkeld by herself . |