Example sentences of "you [verb] [adv] well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Could you do no better than that ? |
| 2 | All of a sudden you , you done quite well and pick up a . |
| 3 | You sound really well and cheerful , which is lovely . |
| 4 | You know full well that , once Inspector Cotton learns the girl was a prostitute , he will write the case off . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You know full well that your brief is to produce articles which will interest the wives of City men , so that they will take a copy of the paper home with them . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You know perfectly well that I can persuade you , so you might just as well give in now with good grace . ’ |
| 7 | You know perfectly well that your shares wo n't suffer whichever one you go to . |
| 8 | ‘ You know perfectly well that that 's not true . ’ |
| 9 | You know perfectly well that you do n't . |
| 10 | But you know perfectly well that I support the new settlement strategy , and therefore in consequence I do support erm general limitations on the growth of settlements and expansion of settlements within the greenbelt . |
| 11 | When you know perfectly well that it — ’ |
| 12 | But at the moments you wish you were shot of the whole thing you know perfectly well that it 's precisely because you could n't endure to be without it , now you know about it , that you 've got to go through all this . |
| 13 | You know perfectly well that your husband 's mother lives at a considerable distance , in point of fact in a suburb of Sheffield , and that she has never at any time offered to look after your children . " |
| 14 | ‘ You know perfectly well that there are scores of women who would do literally anything for a night out , or in , with you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You know perfectly well that I ca n't stay in here with you , ’ she mumbled . |
| 16 | You know perfectly well that under the present system someone who sticks to his principles and speaks out against injustice is n't going to get a job or a council flat . |
| 17 | ‘ You know perfectly well that you ca n't order me about , ’ Jenna informed him . |
| 18 | You know perfectly well that you , being penniless , and myself , being little better , can not marry . |
| 19 | ‘ You know perfectly well that it is not me whom you love , but Mrs Greville , and the two children who are your responsibility , and , knowing that your heart lies with them , and not with me , I can not marry you . ’ |
| 20 | You know perfectly well that my background was always cars , racing ones at that ! |
| 21 | ‘ You know perfectly well that the girl has been anything but a comfort to me . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You know perfectly well that it is not really her home — ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You know perfectly well that the earth needs rain — and then the sun comes again . ’ |
| 24 | If so , she 'd ignore the remark , and instead of delving further into the subject she said , ‘ You know perfectly well that the meal was a joint effort , because you cooked the bacon . ’ |
| 25 | You know perfectly well that women get depressed at — at certain times . |
| 26 | ‘ But you know perfectly well that they have portholes , ’ retorted the officer . |
| 27 | you , you , keep ca n't actually tell until it does happen until something does happen and then you know how well that each side is prepared . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | In any case , you know as well as I do that the MDs are always American . ’ |