Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] well that " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Followers of Scottish football know only too well that a lapse in form and a broken leg are often the precursor of disasters to come . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Maxwell , I understand only too well that you would like to pay this ransom as quickly as possible and take no risks and that since I want to catch these kidnappers , we are working at cross purposes to a certain extent . |
| 5 | Galileo knew only too well that it could , if the province of biblical authority were not scrupulously defined . |
| 6 | Laker knew only too well that the name which had once been an asset in the world of aviation was now a liability . |
| 7 | But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub . |
| 8 | Dai knew only too well that the company mentality was to persevere until they got it right . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But actually the Greeks in their most creative period knew only too well that the basis of existence is horrific . |
| 11 | And once Julius had made his mind up about something , Jessamy knew only too well that he never changed it . |
| 12 | She knew only too well that his bed probably would n't be empty ; was he so desperately in need of fresh conquests that he would attempt to seduce Shae while Marianne kicked her heels downstairs , awaiting her turn ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman knows only too well that in his autumn statement my right hon. Friend the Chancellor was able to announce a £1.4 billion boost to the railways and London Transport and an increase of more than 10 per cent . |
| 15 | My hon. Friend the Minister knows only too well that that desire has caused concern to parents in Bexley . |
| 16 | He knew only too well that he had something that Amaranth wanted very badly indeed access to the Arden candidate 's selection committee . |
| 17 | Joshua , who had been in the Commons for over twenty years , knew only too well that there had never been a woman in the Conservative Whips ' Office . |
| 18 | He knew only too well that keeping the peace at home required most of his attention . |
| 19 | Knowing only too well that she had committed herself , that she was in too deep now to change her story , she declared , ‘ It does n't make any difference whether you re-phrase the question or not , the answer 's still the same . ’ |
| 20 | Alas , one knows only too well that if Life magazine had had to cough up just one dollar for every time one has oneself cried ‘ Eureka ’ , or its golfing counterpart , that American publication would have been bled dry . |
| 21 | She knows only too well that if she finishes in front of McColgan , she is also likely to be the winner of the race . |
| 22 | ‘ But Harry may know only too well that through him the secret of this grave 's no secret . |
| 23 | And I knew all too well that we possess our lover only in our minds , that passionate love is incom-patible with life . |
| 24 | I am known all too well that it 's big rough galaxy out there , full of more surprises than the human imagination can conceive of . |
| 25 | But Sairellen knew all too well that had Luke not been delirious with fever that day he would surely have marched to Halifax ; not with a pitchfork or a flail or a home-made pike in his hands , since he had never been a " physical force " man but there , just the same . |
| 26 | ‘ Just as well that the Germans are on the other side of Seine : I can sleep late today . ’ |
| 27 | IT IS just as well that Britain 's banks chose 1989 to increase their provisions on third-world loans . |
| 28 | Perhaps it was just as well that there did n't seem to be any extra business around tonight . |
| 29 | It is just as well that I am not a serious researcher of times past . |
| 30 | But perhaps it was just as well that she had this shock , for in her relief at finding the injury comparatively slight , she forbore to say very much about the unexpected guest . |