Example sentences of "know very well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went into the corridor , hurrying as though she did not know very well that she was simply being transferred to another waiting chair , that the urgency of their voices bore no relation to the speed of their , or anyway her , movements . |
| 2 | We know very well that during your time in Glasgow you became familiar with the secret and unlawful society styling itself the ‘ United Scotsmen ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ You know very well that it was extremely dangerous , ’ Doyle said coldly . |
| 4 | ‘ You know very well that I have ! |
| 5 | ‘ You know very well that you are not ; if you were so , I should have myself driven to some other park . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You know very well that I want to make an offer to your son . |
| 7 | ‘ Now Bathsheba , ’ he said , laughing , ‘ you know very well that I had to be very careful , as a single man working for you , a good-looking young woman . |
| 8 | You know very well that we 're two of the same kind , Nenna . |
| 9 | And you know very well that as soon as you start to launch yourself into the world of contracting by , by its very nature a contract a a automatically has loopholes in it , and the more you write in a contract the more loopholes you 've got . |
| 10 | I know very well that in many cases this is in the mind of the palaeontologist rather than in the rocky facts themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ And you know very well that once you are gone Miss Araminta will throw me out of the house . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You know very well that a lady can not accept pecuniary assistance from a gentleman without being thought to have taken up a carte blanche . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You know very well that I ca n't give you that sort of information , ’ said Harris , his gravelly voice unusually gentle . |
| 14 | Cambridgeshire roads , and you know very well that they they do n't compare to Lincolnshire roads , County boundary . |
| 15 | Chairman , ye , yes it is a recurring theme of the district auditor an , and I told him in the past , that erm , where this council has a policy that they would support village schools and keep them open wherever possible , erm , that that , that , that decision had been discussed , and er , I , I have to remind that I did remind the district auditor that he does n't have to get elected every four years , as some of us do , and er , those in rural areas know very well that that is the way not to get elected , to be talking about shutting village schools . |
| 16 | ‘ You know very well that I decided that months ago — and nothing 's changed . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You know very well that I do . |
| 18 | ‘ You know very well that farmers rarely pay on time . |
| 19 | Well have they withdrawn one of their submissions to South Oxfordshire that they 've tried to claim that they were using it over the last twelve years and it has now been withdrawn because they know very well that their claim to South Oxfordshire can not be justified about the use . |
| 20 | But those , those Environmental Health Officers who go into committee , and we know very well that you have to put your argument in a particular way or put your point a particular way , in which you want to convince people . |
| 21 | I mean ah I know I know but then he 's pretty tied up and I know very well but even trying to get lunch with is difficult but there may be there may be I mean I know quite well but would want . |
| 22 | Er a pity too and er also the villages erm in the in the area erm which I know very well and my and the Letchworth er Letchworth itself . |
| 23 | ‘ Whatever you like , sir , ’ I replied , knowing very well that he always requested something Irish . |
| 24 | But , said Mr Cotgrave , he refused all suggestions that he should remain ‘ knowing very well that his shift was short-staffed . |
| 25 | … one may get on knowing very well that one 's courage does not come of itself … |
| 26 | With a faint smile , he pushed the door wide and , knowing very well that as soon as the bell was heard all would look towards the door , kissed her . |
| 27 | They knew very well that the manager kept several pounds of their winnings , but could n't object , as every other betting shop had barred them . |
| 28 | Christine , however , knew very well that it was n't the distance that kept Miss Miggs from travelling to Gridford , but the railway fare . |
| 29 | Littler was a wily businessman who knew very well that things were difficult for them and realized how badly they needed his business . |
| 30 | Benny knew very well that her mother 's day was far from full . |