Example sentences of "[adv] she knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly she knew how to do this , this chatting and joking and telling her life , sharing it , warming herself from the fire of affection she had lit in her friend . |
| 2 | Suddenly she knew that something was dreadfully wrong . |
| 3 | Suddenly she knew that , without her having noticed it was happening , her sense of permanence , her feeling of stability , had already begun to crumble . |
| 4 | She held her breath , her hands at her mouth , as the dying plane sped out of sight ; and suddenly she knew that the pilot in the burning plane was not her enemy . |
| 5 | There were signposts , and suddenly she knew where they were . |
| 6 | Luke grinned , and suddenly she knew it was going to be all right . |
| 7 | Suddenly she knew she could n't face him again in this new vulnerability — could n't look into his eyes and see sympathy . |
| 8 | And suddenly she knew how much she longed to see them , to introduce him to them , and to tell them how sorry she was for her wild behaviour over Terry , and for her conceited folly over Havvie . |
| 9 | Suddenly she knew he was ringing her . |
| 10 | The guests , packed cheek by jowl , parted as he entered , and suddenly she knew the reason for the party . |
| 11 | By the way Feargal 's mother stared at her , suddenly she knew . |
| 12 | Yet the table still looked bare , and suddenly she knew it needed flowers . |
| 13 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 14 | She was filled with an overwhelming desire to strike back at him , and suddenly she knew exactly how she could do it . |
| 15 | For suddenly she knew he was about to do something . |
| 16 | Suddenly she knew that she had to warn him . |
| 17 | For suddenly she knew what she had to do . |
| 18 | Suddenly she knew the answer , even as she asked herself the question , and realised what she had to do . |
| 19 | While waiting for her passengers as they inspected isolated gun-sites on windswept clifftops and rocky promontories , Liza was urged by her passengers to switch on the car engine to keep herself warm , however much she knew this procedure to be frowned upon by her direct superiors at Command Headquarters . |
| 20 | If only she knew . |
| 21 | Just to talk to Dominic would be enough tonight , if only she knew where he was . |
| 22 | ‘ I was a skinhead before you were born , ’ he would bellow , and only she knew how it hurt him . |
| 23 | Even now that his father was aware of his activities , it would not be the same ; only she knew the appalling effort he had made , only she had read the manuscript through and appreciated the clarity of his prose and the honesty of his outlook . |
| 24 | But when she wanted to write about herself , which only she knew about , then she wrote it alone . |
| 25 | And because she wanted to know more , she wanted to find out all there was to find out about this dark , ancient stronghold that her ancestors had known , at times she stole out from her bedchamber after nightfall and stood listening to the night rustlings and the soft settling of the old , old timbers ( and the footsteps ? did n't she still hear the footsteps every night ? ) and thought that if only she knew the right words , or if only she had the power , she could summon the enchantments and lay bare the secrets and understand this place . |
| 26 | Oh , if only she knew exactly what she did want ! |
| 27 | She has nothing to be envious of , if only she knew , Belinda thought wearily . |
| 28 | If only she knew someone , even of small influence , who might put her in the way of finding something more congenial — and in a genteel home . |
| 29 | Only she knew how deeply she longed to escape . |
| 30 | Only she knew , as she ran off the stage a short while later , just how big a strain it had been . |