Example sentences of "[conj] he knew very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he knew very well he 'd lost the battle , he still felt a need to justify . |
| 2 | ‘ I could phone him with a problem and he had such insight that he could steer me through it , although he knew very little of the problems over here . ’ |
| 3 | He had told the legate in 1095 that he knew very well what needed to be done , but that he had no power to do what was necessary without the king 's aid and consent . |
| 4 | There was a silence of a sort that he knew very well . |
| 5 | And what you are telling me is that he knew very well Aldhelm was to come here that night . |
| 6 | Rick felt that he knew very little about practical mathematics apart from ‘ making a scale drawing of the minibus and taking kids out to measure the rugby pitch ’ and even less about investigations and problem-solving . |
| 7 | She had the feeling that he knew very well what a struggle was going on beneath her words — and that he was amused by it . |
| 8 | He knew many people in the village , almost everyone except the newly arrived and the ones who used the village as a dormitory and who worked in Bath or Chippenham or Swindon , but he knew very few that he could classify as friends . |
| 9 | Harry exclaimed , flushing deeply , because he knew very well that it was n't . |
| 10 | Despite the assurances of the Director of his Department that he was favourably looked upon , and despite the fact that there was no doubt that at his office he was being treated with a subtle air of respect , nothing formal or official about his promotion had been announced ; and as he knew very well , a change of Directorship , a shift in Government economic policy , even a chill wind in international relations , could mean the end of his hopes . |
| 11 | As though he knew very well what she was thinking , his grin widened , and he burst out laughing . |