Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as i do " in BNC.
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| 31 | You have to be punished in some way , and you know as well as I do that your case lacks substance . |
| 32 | ‘ You know as well as I do that if she knows about Ari , she 'll want a piece of the action . |
| 33 | You know as well as I do that we can too easily by intonation or facial expression or ( the prose equivalent of those signals ) by the precise positioning of a single word in the surrounding thicket of language make the simple statement ‘ I love you ’ mean ‘ I own you , despise you , exploit , deceive or hate you ’ just as the equally plain ‘ I hate you ’ can be picked up as ‘ I fear , envy , respect , despise , own , exploit , deceive or love you , love , love you . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ You know as well as I do ’ |
| 35 | Though , of course , you know that as well as I do ! |
| 36 | ‘ My dear Kegan , you know as well as I do that you came in on my side of the fence not out of some great disinterested love of science — you do n't know what science is all about ! — but because you saw a hope of personal glory in it ! |
| 37 | ‘ You know the odds as well as I do . |
| 38 | ‘ Not rubbing anything out — you know as well as I do , you 're not allowed to rub anything out . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ You know as well as I do it 's a damned great industry — and there are plenty of facets to it that never see the light of day . |
| 40 | ‘ You know as well as I do , ’ said Loppe , ‘ that when Famagusta surrenders , this island will split into flame like a fireball . |
| 41 | Denis is a professional and knows that as well as I do . ’ |
| 42 | You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’ |
| 43 | ‘ Well , ’ Louise replied , ‘ You know your mother as well as I do . |
| 44 | Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore . |
| 45 | You know as well as I do that Rudolfo 's the only one involved who has a house up there . |
| 46 | And he was about to add , ‘ But you know as well as I do there 's a reason in both cases , ’ but instead , he said , ‘ Well ! well ! |
| 47 | ‘ You know as well as I do . ’ |
| 48 | And just as instinctively lowering his voice , he said again , ‘ You know as well as I do . |
| 49 | I have given my third and fourth preferences to candidates who , if not exactly " worthless " , know as well as I do they have no chance of being elected . |
| 50 | 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 . ’ |
| 51 | Kate ca n't abide wasters , you know that as well as I do . |
| 52 | They know as well as I do that it has nothing whatsoever to do with who heads a company . |
| 53 | You know as well as I do that the Wharfmasters are living off the fat of the land on their company profits , but how are the dockers expected to support their wives and kids on seventy-two shillings and sixpence a week ? ’ |
| 54 | You know as well as I do , they only stop talking about you when you 're six foot under . ’ |
| 55 | You know as well as I do , Christina , Barbados has a way of doing strange things to people . ’ |
| 56 | You know it as well as I do . |
| 57 | ‘ You know as well as I do , in English literature the only safe place is in the loft with the apples . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ You know your master 's habits as well as I do . |
| 59 | You know as well as I do that art and commerce have walked hand in hand since at least the Renaissance . ’ |
| 60 | You know that as well as I do . |