Example sentences of "she knew [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] her " in BNC.

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1 She knew she could close her eyes and still remember every line with perfect clarity .
2 She knew she should keep her mouth shut , that people — especially daughters-in-law — hated being told what to do but she could n't help it .
3 She described how she walked around for months ‘ with a pain , almost a physical pain , in my heart ’ ; of how she avoided friends and pulled her hat over her face if she met them in the street ; of how , at last , she knew she must express her thousand emotions about her little grandchild in the way she knew best , in clay .
4 For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her .
5 She knew it must hurt her mother thinking that her only daughter was living with a man , a man , moreover , that she did n't like .
6 She knew now how attractive Miguel could be when he wanted to be , and she knew he could manipulate her feelings .
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