Example sentences of "as [pers pn] know only " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Poverty was not only rampant in the country villages , though , as we know only too well . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And of course , as we know only too well , it could be the result of a particular action on the part of the pilot . |
| 7 | However , in response to user demands for openness , Wendler argues , vendors will — as we know only too well — increasingly promote everything they can as ‘ standard . ’ |
| 8 | And , as we know only too well , every really valuable commodity falls , sooner or later , into the hands of some unscrupulous individual , who then exploits it for their own ends . |
| 9 | They were therefore unrecognized , as they knew only too well , and were attracted by the idea of the possibility of a job . |