Example sentences of "knew [pron] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Who was there here who knew her well enough to discern and identify any flaws in her own polished public persona ? |
| 4 | He knew her too well to think that she would allow affection to outweigh her sense of right and wrong . |
| 5 | I knew him well enough to spot that . |
| 6 | Already she knew him well enough to realise he would never make threats he was n't prepared to carry out . |
| 7 | Florian broke off , looking astonished , and Maria knew him well enough to realise that his attention had made a rare leap outward . |
| 8 | But Amanda knew him well enough to suspect that he might be bluffing . |
| 9 | She knew him too well to imagine he 'd let her get away easily , even when he learned there was money . |
| 10 | Wycliffe had scarcely spoken since leaving the hall and Scales knew him too well to try to involve him in conversation . |