Example sentences of "knew well [adv] [that] " in BNC.

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1 He knew well enough that he could not , but had had enough experience to know that aggressive tactics often paid .
2 Oh , she knew well enough that if he were to walk through that door now , she would not entertain him ; her pride would not let her .
3 On the days when he used to leave her a note in the morning she knew well enough that there was no good to be hoped for in replying to it .
4 Lord Grubb knew well enough that Algy dreaded her visits , and to let her off the trial of breakfasting with her mother he had installed a complicated route of strings and pulleys that led from her second-storey bedroom to the basement .
5 He had indicated already he wished her to stay in the house for the night , and she knew well enough that the continued presence of her widowed mother and four brothers in the servants ' quarters in the rear compound depended on her strict obedience to all the wishes of the plantation director in his house .
6 ‘ She did n't leave him because his star had fallen ; she knew well enough that he was the kind of man who 'd recover .
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