Example sentences of "[pers pn] know [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | I know just now when I came in just now you were doing some housework . |
2 | I know pretty well where we went . ’ |
3 | ‘ And he went to the degree of saying , when I pressed him , how are we going to stay in this business ; he said , Albert , for all I know right now when I am talking to you , we could be finished with the business ; I do n't know . ’ |
4 | I know as well as you that I commissioned it . |
5 | you know alright initially as you say it take , it costs but |
6 | And you know right away when you hear a Chicago blues song and you know if it 's a New Orleans song . |
7 | But if you 've got any more questions , I mean do n't hesitate to come back , because at the end of the day I 'd rather you know too much than not enough |
8 | No ’ — he forestalled Cameron 's objection — ‘ you know as well as I do , Angus , the Duke is daft but he is clever , and he has an entry to every house from Atholl to Dunkeld . |
9 | You know as well as I do that you can not take an animal unless it 's dead and that animal died in the minefield . ’ |
10 | In any case , you know as well as I do that the MDs are always American . ’ |
11 | You have to be punished in some way , and you know as well as I do that your case lacks substance . |
12 | ‘ You know as well as I do that if she knows about Ari , she 'll want a piece of the action . |
13 | 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 . ’ |
14 | ‘ You know as well as I do ’ |
15 | ‘ 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 ! |
16 | ‘ Not rubbing anything out — you know as well as I do , you 're not allowed to rub anything out . ’ |
17 | ‘ 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 . |
18 | ‘ You know as well as I do , ’ said Loppe , ‘ that when Famagusta surrenders , this island will split into flame like a fireball . |
19 | You know as well as I do that Rudolfo 's the only one involved who has a house up there . |
20 | 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 ! |
21 | ‘ You know as well as I do . ’ |
22 | And just as instinctively lowering his voice , he said again , ‘ You know as well as I do . |
23 | 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 . ’ |
24 | 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 ? ’ |
25 | You know as well as I do , they only stop talking about you when you 're six foot under . ’ |
26 | You know as well as I do , Christina , Barbados has a way of doing strange things to people . ’ |
27 | ‘ You know as well as I do , in English literature the only safe place is in the loft with the apples . ’ |
28 | You know as well as I do that art and commerce have walked hand in hand since at least the Renaissance . ’ |
29 | You know as well as I do the sort of thing to ask him . |
30 | ‘ Ellen , you know as well as I do that she can never forget me ! |