Example sentences of "know [pron] well [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | How can she possibly know somebody well enough to get married , the little ninny ! |
2 | I did n't like Mike , ’ she says , ‘ I strolled in and he did n't like me , he was at that age when he did n't like people if they did n't look cool so I hated him because he used to be really sarcastic and I did n't know him well enough to realise that he was only messing . |
3 | I am Catholic and can not divorce but I do not want to divorce because I do not know him well enough to want to divorce him . |
4 | I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east . |
5 | Rosalba baked special almond biscuits , hoops of crumbly nuts and fine sugar , intending to wrap some in coloured papers and offer them to Tommaso 's mother as a gift for the feast ; but could not , because , as she was about to set off , she realised that she did not know her well enough to call and give her a present . |
6 | She was now only a step away from her target , so she was n't far from getting to know him well enough to question him about his allegiance — just as long as she could keep his escort sweet , which would probably mean more bondage if that was the only way he could get his nuts off . |
7 | I do n't I do n't really know it well enough to tell you what a nitrogen cycle . |
8 | Do we really know anyone well enough to make up their mind for them ? |
9 | Well , you ought to know it well enough to write five or six lines about it , which is all you need for a book . |
10 | We all knew that the Repubblichini were tools of the Nazis , used as spies and as a police force ; but they did not know us well enough to denounce us as anti-Fascists . |
11 | ‘ The Vetch ’ is a really good restaurant ; so good , I ca n't afford to eat there , but I have played there on occasions and most of the staff know me well enough to stop for a drink and a chat . |
12 | You do ri well we know you well enough to know your voice though . |
13 | ‘ Brian said he felt Jason could do us a job , and I know him well enough to realise that his judgement is worth following . |
14 | ‘ I know we should n't have let him go , but I did n't feel we know him well enough to tell him he was too drunk to drive . ’ |
15 | ‘ You 're sure you know him well enough to make that claim with authority ? ’ |
16 | Other women might be able to cope with an affair that was based on passion and nothing else , but she knew herself well enough to realise she could only be permanently scarred by such an involvement . |
17 | She knew herself well enough to know that if he challenged her account in the latter mode she 'd almost certainly lose her temper with him , and then the atmosphere between them , which had been ( with the exception of his overtures ) so easy and undemanding , would be spoiled . |
18 | Who was there here who knew her well enough to discern and identify any flaws in her own polished public persona ? |
19 | I knew him well enough to spot that . |
20 | Already she knew him well enough to realise he would never make threats he was n't prepared to carry out . |
21 | Florian broke off , looking astonished , and Maria knew him well enough to realise that his attention had made a rare leap outward . |
22 | But Amanda knew him well enough to suspect that he might be bluffing . |
23 | He did n't actually talk about it to me — I suppose he knows me well enough to guess that I 'd have dug in my heels . |
24 | Maybe it is feasible for you to find someone who knows you well enough to comment ( friend , family or colleague ) and to give you some personal insights . |