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

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1 And I knew all too well that we possess our lover only in our minds , that passionate love is incom-patible with life .
2 But Sairellen knew all too well that had Luke not been delirious with fever that day he would surely have marched to Halifax ; not with a pitchfork or a flail or a home-made pike in his hands , since he had never been a " physical force " man but there , just the same .
3 The other students stayed seated , all turned towards the newcomer , anxious to make his acquaintance , and I knew only too well that he could have any one of them he liked as his friend .
4 Galileo knew only too well that it could , if the province of biblical authority were not scrupulously defined .
5 Laker knew only too well that the name which had once been an asset in the world of aviation was now a liability .
6 But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub .
7 Dai knew only too well that the company mentality was to persevere until they got it right .
8 But actually the Greeks in their most creative period knew only too well that the basis of existence is horrific .
9 And once Julius had made his mind up about something , Jessamy knew only too well that he never changed it .
10 She knew only too well that his bed probably would n't be empty ; was he so desperately in need of fresh conquests that he would attempt to seduce Shae while Marianne kicked her heels downstairs , awaiting her turn ?
11 He knew only too well that he had something that Amaranth wanted very badly indeed access to the Arden candidate 's selection committee .
12 Joshua , who had been in the Commons for over twenty years , knew only too well that there had never been a woman in the Conservative Whips ' Office .
13 He knew only too well that keeping the peace at home required most of his attention .
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