Example sentences of "[pers pn] know only [adv] " 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 | 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | I was widowed four years ago and I know only too well what a terrible thing it is to suddenly find yourself alone . |
| 5 | ‘ I know only too well . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I knew only too well . |
| 12 | I knew only too well what would happen next . |
| 13 | I knew only too well that tracheotomy was indicated here but I did n't have a tube with me . |
| 14 | Most of the other passengers I knew only vaguely , by face more than by name . |
| 15 | Er and of course I seen the present managers are , are th the one you know only just lives down the road here he 's recently retired . |
| 16 | You know only right in the middle and we used to jump off the Suspension Bridge regular , some used to dive , but I never did dive there . |
| 17 | SAFETY Regardless of the physical and emotional dangers of casual sexual relationships , you should be aware of your personal safety with someone you know only slightly . |
| 18 | ‘ As you know only too well , ’ he wrote after leaving Broadlands on one occasion to embark on a six-month cruise , ‘ to me it has become a second home in so many ways , and no one could ever have had such a splendid honorary grandpapa in the history of avuncular relationships . ’ |
| 19 | She knew only marginally more about him than she did about Bella . |
| 20 | As a schoolteacher she knew only too well the dance they led their parents . |
| 21 | And she knew only too well how stubborn Julius could be once he had got an idea inside his head . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | He would n't be allowed to race if his eye was bad , but she knew only too well what a punishing endurance it was for the drivers . |
| 24 | She knew only too well where they 'd find some of it . |
| 25 | The uncharacteristic fuss and fluster in Ivy 's manner was surely a proof that she knew only too well which letter he was talking about and was in mortal dread of the family finding out . |
| 26 | Left to their own devices , she knew only too well her arms would even now be snaking up round his neck , her lips parting to invite his plundering mouth . |
| 27 | She knows only too well that if she finishes in front of McColgan , she is also likely to be the winner of the race . |
| 28 | From the vantage point of so-called post-liberation , we know only too well the political blindnesses of sexual desire , and how disastrous it can be to make sexuality the prime mover of a political vision . |
| 29 | Poverty was not only rampant in the country villages , though , as we know only too well . |
| 30 | The Titfords , as we know only too well , were very far from being rich and powerful tycoons ; nevertheless , the trend we have just outlined was at work in a much more modest way even in their fortunes as time went by . |