Example sentences of "[pron] well know " in BNC.

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1 My decision not to eat had been made on the spur of the moment and was based not , as I well knew , on the terrible beating , but on the pointless cruelty of not allowing the others to go to the bathroom .
2 Today Bury , as I well know , is a very different place .
3 the there 's no morality with this government I 'm afraid Terry , as you and I well know !
4 As I well know , the servant question is a constant subject for conversation in every drawing-room , so why do I resent it so much now ?
5 ‘ My lord , ’ said Gilleis in a low voice , ‘ I well know you do . ’
6 Cor dear oh dear he said , I know I well know why he 's down here doing that .
7 Despite his well known views on EC federalism , de Gaulle 's first concern was with Germany , although , unlike his successors , he did not want to employ supranational structures to contain Germany .
8 And do it they did , for just at that moment into the sales walked Mike Smith from the yarn store proudly sporting as ever his well known beard .
9 The other sizeable group of offences reported on is where the case involves someone well known ( e.g. Bronski pop man fined for sex offence or more frequently there is either fame by association ( e.g. GAY-SEX SHAME OF ESTHER 'S ‘ BROTHER' , where the inverted commas in the headline indicate the rather more tenuous link with television star Esther Rantzen than the headline immediately suggests ) , or the actor who was said to make £12,000 a year from impersonating Prince Charles , or someone who sounds from the headline to be well known ( e.g. CASTRATE ME SAYS GAY OPERA SINGER : He preyed on children .
10 It was easy to imagine the undertaker sitting , relaxed , without his jacket or tie , being shot by someone behind him ; probably by someone well known to him whose presence gave him no concern .
11 ‘ He … he mentioned something about it being a scoop , that the man involved was someone well known … but , of course , he meant you ! ’
12 The 110 we have , had its well known make of tyres replaced at less than 10,000 miles due to sidewalls breaking up ( as have many others , with punctures from steel tyre cords penetrating the tube inside the tyre ) .
13 Friends gave her much support in Bridewell , assuring the jailer that ‘ this our sister is no vagabond , its well known by many in the City , her civil manner of life from a child . ’
14 The reality of change is certainly understood by the Scottish business community which well knows the impact that some of the alternatives would have on Scotland — they would not have a happy impact .
15 Outings , in fact the choir excelled itself that much we were invited to join many others to Crystal Palace , which which well known place at that time and er it was quite exciting .
16 There sellers and buyers , sometimes after hours of negotiations with the aid of the mediatore — men like Signor Grignaffini , who well knew the value of the bestiame in question — would eventually agree on a price .
17 Nevertheless the defendant was acquitted , for he was on the occasion in question selling the car to another experienced car dealer who well knew from past dealings that the defendant did not guarantee the accuracy of odometer readings on his cars .
18 ‘ It was my heavy bones that did for me , as you well know ! ’
19 You well know that I can not dispense with first-hand evidence . ’
20 And Bargepole , as you well know , is generally incapable of standing up .
21 ‘ It never was a joke , Steve , as you well know , and the weapon 's real .
22 ‘ As you well know , you little pouf , she nearly died .
23 ‘ Your mistress will be asleep , as you well know . ’
24 Most insurance companies are in the risk of their prime business and they are in the risk of investment — which can go up and down dramatically as you well know .
25 ‘ But this can be a dirty game , pal , as you well know .
26 ‘ I absolutely loathe grey gloves , as you well know by now !
27 Look , Bob Newman has worked with me as you well know .
28 I 'm an extremely patient soul as you well know , but if you say Find the value of X to me again How are you gon na find the value of X ?
29 We 're not saying , as you well know from my representations , we 're not saying that these sites should be allocated for development now either in total or or in part , unless the Inspector feels that there is a shortage of housing land , that he needs to be looking for additional sites .
30 ‘ And as you well know you find dullness just as awful as we do .
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