Example sentences of "[pron] well [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I well remember that night , as I tossed and turned , unable to sleep ; for try as I could , that length of wall refused to fit into my jigsaw . |
| 2 | What I 'm really searching for is a bit more evidence from the C , all participants as to why the principle of expanding an exis existing settlement has been rejected , I well appreciate that those who lived in the settlement that was chosen would not like it , but that 's not the point I 'm getting at , is there nothing in this principle of building on what 's there ? |
| 3 | And in posing these questions I well appreciate that the terms in which I five is presented are exactly those in the approved structure plan , with the exception of the deletion of the specific references to certain town centres and provision . |
| 4 | As will be shown in this chapter , retirement was viewed ambiguously by working people who well realized that it distributes a variety of rewards and penalties , offering , for a minority , a period of welcome leisure in relative comfort , and , for the majority , a sharp drop in living standards with enforced idleness . |
| 5 | You well know that I can not dispense with first-hand evidence . ’ |
| 6 | Frightened for the Englishman , because she well knew that her brother had an uncontrollable temper , she did not tell him anything . |
| 7 | And the Protestants ' only hope of redressing the imbalance of power created by the French lay in turning to the English , even though they well knew that protestations of Anglo-Scottish friendship and desire for union in no way wiped out the instinctive hostility between Scots and English which ran so deep that half a century later it would still cause grievous problems for the first king of Britain . |
| 8 | If they believed they had ‘ natural ability ’ , they well knew that it had to be refined and fastened by a bridle of discipline . |
| 9 | But those who know him well say that Sir Patrick 's tact and political skills will disarm his critics and persuade them to work with him . |
| 10 | John Newsom , who later became my friend , endeared himself to headmasters by asserting the principle that as much freedom as possible in the running of schools should be delegated to heads — even although , or perhaps because , he well knew that many of them were rogues . |
| 11 | He well understood that the real defence of his former kingdom lay in sea-power and that , with the fleet beaten and the king and field army away in Ireland , there would never be a better chance to get an expedition across the Channel . |
| 12 | However , he well realises that these matters of detail are for response by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary . |
| 13 | He well sees that the poor among the free men joined the slaves against the rich , so that the whole social structure was in danger ( 36.1 1 ) . |
| 14 | But by now most of us well know that these intermittent statistics are the damnedest of lies . |