Example sentences of "know [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.

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1 He wished to know not simply that he was looking for something , but what it was and what it looked like .
2 So specifiers will need to know not just that a tile meets EC requirements , but — crucially in northern Europe — in what way it meets those requirements .
3 Rosemarie had gone to see the film with her mum and dad — and let them know straight away that she was n't impressed with its factual accuracy .
4 The adult you — the one watching the film — would know perfectly well that the fall had hurt and distressed you and would be able to say so .
5 It is all too easy to blame the unions , to argue that they must know perfectly well that the effect of excessive wage settlements is inflationary but that they nevertheless still seek and get them .
6 If the hon. Gentleman had listened the last time we had Home Office questions he would know perfectly well that the standard spending assessment has been set in West Yorkshire to enable it to employ police officers up to the full establishment .
7 I want you to know round here that if anyone 's taking pictures , you better ask George Felix before . ’
8 She went into the corridor , hurrying as though she did not know very well that she was simply being transferred to another waiting chair , that the urgency of their voices bore no relation to the speed of their , or anyway her , movements .
9 You know damned well that if I said black was black you 'd say it was white ! ’
10 But I know also now that you love me .
11 Everybody , unless they 've been had their head in the ground for the last thirteen years , know damn well that they 're not going to get housed off the needs register particularly quickly and they only go to people who are most unable to be housed by any other means are going to bother even to put their names on the needs register .
12 You know damn well that you prefer cooking than I do !
13 But they could not be sure of winning and they know perfectly well that Mr Mitterrand has no reason to dissolve parliament so long as there is even a small risk that his party might lose .
14 Equally , the embassies know perfectly well that all their signals traffic is monitored .
15 ‘ You know perfectly well that I can persuade you , so you might just as well give in now with good grace . ’
16 ‘ Because I know perfectly well that there can be no sound evidence for such monstrous , silly accusations . ’
17 You know perfectly well that your shares wo n't suffer whichever one you go to .
18 ‘ You know perfectly well that that 's not true . ’
19 You know perfectly well that you do n't .
20 And the other nice thing is , because know who you are they will tend to accept your cheques , because they know perfectly well that they can get hold of you if they have to !
21 But you know perfectly well that I support the new settlement strategy , and therefore in consequence I do support erm general limitations on the growth of settlements and expansion of settlements within the greenbelt .
22 When you know perfectly well that it — ’
23 But at the moments you wish you were shot of the whole thing you know perfectly well that it 's precisely because you could n't endure to be without it , now you know about it , that you 've got to go through all this .
24 You know perfectly well that your husband 's mother lives at a considerable distance , in point of fact in a suburb of Sheffield , and that she has never at any time offered to look after your children . "
25 ‘ You know perfectly well that there are scores of women who would do literally anything for a night out , or in , with you . ’
26 ‘ But I know perfectly well that your welfare services would have put her into a home , if she was as poor as you claim — ’
27 ‘ You know perfectly well that I ca n't stay in here with you , ’ she mumbled .
28 You know perfectly well that under the present system someone who sticks to his principles and speaks out against injustice is n't going to get a job or a council flat .
29 ‘ You know perfectly well that you ca n't order me about , ’ Jenna informed him .
30 You know perfectly well that you , being penniless , and myself , being little better , can not marry .
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