Example sentences of "[pers pn] know only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ross , on his return to Britain , went back into the new route business as an outsider to the establishment scene — a position I know only too well . |
| 2 | I know only too well how desperately anxious you must be . |
| 3 | In cases about which I know only that his performance is better than mine , letting his advice tilt the balance in favour of his solution will sometimes , depending on my rate of mistakes and the formula used , improve my performance . |
| 4 | He was making for the door when he stopped and half turned back towards her and said , ‘ By the way , Aggie , very little escapes you , as I know only too well , but have you noticed any difference in Jessie of late ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I know only what I have been told , I do not remember that I ever saw him . |
| 6 | I was widowed four years ago and I know only too well what a terrible thing it is to suddenly find yourself alone . |
| 7 | You talk of space and time : I know only the difference between the sea and the land . |
| 8 | I myself feel that the cat and the dog who live in the same house with me are fellow members of my family circle , closer related to me socially than the human neighbour next door whom I know only by sight and name , and infinitely closer than some odd Brazilian or Melanesian , with whom my only connection is that we are fellow men . |
| 9 | ‘ I know only too well . |
| 10 | " I know only what I 've been told — that he is on one of the ships , " she said unhappily . |
| 11 | I am by no means inclined to consider Diodorus a mere copyist of his sources , and I know only too well that by stylistic criteria one could prove that Sir Ronald Syme is the author of some of the books written by his pupils . |
| 12 | I know only he told me he had to go . |
| 13 | And I know only one way you do that . |
| 14 | But I know only too well that you do not love me , that you are marrying me for Papa 's dollars , and that I can not bear . |
| 15 | ‘ I know only what I want . |
| 16 | That may go down well with some Euro-sceptics among Conservative Members , but it infuriates our partners and reduces our influence in the Community , as I know only too well . |
| 17 | I believe what the Newcastle local authority tells me , because I know only too well how Gateshead has been affected by Government cuts which the local authority has been forced to implement . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're right , of course , ’ she said generally , ‘ I know only the barest outline of how he — er … ’ |
| 19 | I knew only that they happened there in the darkness and only a few feet from the pavements . |
| 20 | The other students stayed seated , all turned towards the newcomer , anxious to make his acquaintance , and I knew only too well that he could have any one of them he liked as his friend . |
| 21 | When a girl whom I knew only as Meriel remarked , as we were washing up the cocoa-cups , that she was ‘ brought up in a bog ’ , and I commented naïvely that she had no trace of Irish accent , the unassuming daughter of the Earl of Meath merely smiled . |
| 22 | Most of the other passengers I knew only vaguely , by face more than by name . |
| 23 | I knew only too well . |
| 24 | I knew only too well what would happen next . |
| 25 | I knew only one obligation : to play the piano well . |
| 26 | I knew only too well that tracheotomy was indicated here but I did n't have a tube with me . |
| 27 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
| 28 | At that time of the afternoon I knew only Lisabeth would be home , so I was n't too worried . |
| 29 | Although I had kept in contact with several school friends from St Paul 's , I knew only one who was likely to have surplus accommodation in London , and I considered she might well turn out to be my one hope of not having to spend the rest of my life on a train somewhere between Romford and Regent 's Park . |
| 30 | ‘ Did you know only sixty per cent of Poles with university degrees survived the war ? ’ |