Example sentences of "i know well " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Oh you say that but I know better . |
| 32 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 33 | ‘ Well , I know better now . |
| 34 | And I — fool — think I know better . |
| 35 | ‘ Even I know better than that . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ My lord , I know better than any that I am not his match , ’ said Harry , stung and colouring vividly . |
| 37 | He said in a letter to shareholders : ‘ I believe that I know better than anyone what makes Amstrad operate and what needs to be done in order to secure its future . |
| 38 | but I knew that before I moved there he says I know better |
| 39 | In our family my cousins and I knew well beforehand because there were always slightly older sisters and cousins who told us … |
| 40 | These I knew well were not what her whim had remembered , and when I brought them to her she said nothing , but put them aside , sadly shaking her head . |
| 41 | I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action . |
| 42 | No one I knew well , just one man or another , seen in the street or at a party . |
| 43 | Robin I knew well . |
| 44 | I knew well enough what the trouble was . |
| 45 | I was telephoned by the late Lord Plunket , Her Majesty 's Equerry , a man of exceptional charm whom I knew well and liked , who arranged the appointment and said diffidently , ‘ I hope you do not mind wearing a morning coat . ’ |
| 46 | As noon approached John adopted a behaviour pattern that I knew well : stretching , scratching , complacently sighing . |
| 47 | As Robin said to me later , ‘ suddenly to walk in and to see a sea of faces , all of whom I knew well , was the most tremendously stirring moment . |
| 48 | It was delivered very secretly by a student of the Convitto Maria Luigia who travelled on the tram , and it had been given to him by another boy at the same school , a boarder whom I knew well and who lived in Fontenallato . |
| 49 | ‘ I asked her , politely , what it was to do with her though , of course , I knew well enough . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ It 's a lovely evening , my dear Watson , ’ said a voice I knew well . |
| 51 | The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too . |
| 52 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 53 | I knew better than to go in . |
| 54 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 55 | I knew better than to inquire . |
| 56 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 57 | Did I really think I knew better than the FO , full of clever people who were experts on British foreign policy ? |
| 58 | Afterwards I felt ashamed that I thought I knew better than they did , especially when they were doing everything for free . |
| 59 | I knew better than to interrupt . |
| 60 | Only I knew better . |