Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] know [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to tell him calmly that I knew perfectly well that it was absurd and quite understood the point of his questions . |
| 2 | One of my former patients , whose ex-husband had spent their entire marriage telling her that she was ‘ stupid ’ or ‘ brainless ’ , told me that , although she knew perfectly well that this was not true , by the time she had heard it said every day for the twelve years they had been together she had begun to believe that there must be something in it . |
| 3 | She did n't want to see him although she knew perfectly well that he would have to be faced . |
| 4 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 5 | First , the defendant might argue that he believed in the victim 's consent since she permitted penetration although he knew full well that she had no understanding of the act . |
| 6 | Arthur flew to London and stayed in the police morgue a long time with the body that he knew as closely as his own , thinking of Fred 's splendid good nature , his tough-mindedness , and his humour about the absurd and even the terrible . |
| 7 | Well actually people in my area do have a concern about this , also though I was brought up in my teens at least within a rural area and I know full well that to hold certain views even those of the majority within rural areas , are not necessarily easily expressed and I have today been told of yet another example of this being the case . |
| 8 | And I know perfectly well that there 's no way that er I could get my wife to move out of the town , she loves it . |
| 9 | I mean ah I know I know but then he 's pretty tied up and I know very well but even trying to get lunch with is difficult but there may be there may be I mean I know quite well but would want . |
| 10 | In our family my cousins and I knew well beforehand because there were always slightly older sisters and cousins who told us … |
| 11 | I heard the pounding of rapid footsteps and I knew straight away that it was n't a policeman ( they wear rubber soles these days ) and then somebody yelled , ‘ Hey , you ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And Jean-Paul can be as stubborn as a mule , and you knew perfectly well that if you 'd told him what you felt , he would have dug in his heels and insisted . ’ |
| 13 | And you know right away when you hear a Chicago blues song and you know if it 's a New Orleans song . |
| 14 | You have to be punished in some way , and you know as well as I do that your case lacks substance . |
| 15 | And you know as well as I do Jim was n't the father . |
| 16 | You know , we walked in there and you know how like when we 're doing the counters I had jeans on and a big baggy jumper , we were the best dressed in there ! |
| 17 | And you know very well that as soon as you start to launch yourself into the world of contracting by , by its very nature a contract a a automatically has loopholes in it , and the more you write in a contract the more loopholes you 've got . |
| 18 | ‘ And you know very well that once you are gone Miss Araminta will throw me out of the house . ’ |
| 19 | Cambridgeshire roads , and you know very well that they they do n't compare to Lincolnshire roads , County boundary . |
| 20 | He had indicated already he wished her to stay in the house for the night , and she knew well enough that the continued presence of her widowed mother and four brothers in the servants ' quarters in the rear compound depended on her strict obedience to all the wishes of the plantation director in his house . |
| 21 | This was the last thing she had envisaged and she knew full well that if the rumours had reached her ears there was a very good chance he too would have heard them . |
| 22 | She really wanted a cup of tea and she knew perfectly well that Glyn would serve her up something that looked like brown shoe polish . |
| 23 | She wanted to leave Alain 's mother with the very best impression and she knew perfectly well that if she sat with Alain there would be only brooding silence . |
| 24 | She had been tense since she had arrived and she knew perfectly well where all the tension was coming from — el conde ! |
| 25 | But those , those Environmental Health Officers who go into committee , and we know very well that you have to put your argument in a particular way or put your point a particular way , in which you want to convince people . |
| 26 | And they knew full well that they did n't really need the three thousand apprentices but those large firms trained no no note my word , for the country 's needs , not the company 's needs ! |
| 27 | And they knew perfectly well when the connections had been made . |
| 28 | They know that , unless I am very fortunate , the only chance I 'll have to catch them is the moment in which they take the ransom , and they know equally well that you wo n't risk your daughter 's life by telling me where that 's going to happen . |
| 29 | But they could not be sure of winning and they know perfectly well that Mr Mitterrand has no reason to dissolve parliament so long as there is even a small risk that his party might lose . |
| 30 | You know , and I feel , I do feel very angry , I mean th th the family that she 's referring to who ca n't , who have difficulty hav getting transport for Sunday morning , they 're not parishioners , but are actually in the parish , and they know perfectly well that if they ask they will get transport , and indeed in the past they have asked , and they have got transport . |