Example sentences of "well as i do " in BNC.

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1 No ’ — he forestalled Cameron 's objection — ‘ you know as well as I do , Angus , the Duke is daft but he is clever , and he has an entry to every house from Atholl to Dunkeld .
2 You know as well as I do that you can not take an animal unless it 's dead and that animal died in the minefield . ’
3 ‘ You know the rules as well as I do . ’
4 In any case , you know as well as I do that the MDs are always American . ’
5 And you know why we 're here as well as I do .
6 ‘ You know that as well as I do , after the Beach Bombings . ’
7 You have to be punished in some way , and you know as well as I do that your case lacks substance .
8 ‘ You know as well as I do that if she knows about Ari , she 'll want a piece of the action .
9 You know as well as I do that we can too easily by intonation or facial expression or ( the prose equivalent of those signals ) by the precise positioning of a single word in the surrounding thicket of language make the simple statement ‘ I love you ’ mean ‘ I own you , despise you , exploit , deceive or hate you ’ just as the equally plain ‘ I hate you ’ can be picked up as ‘ I fear , envy , respect , despise , own , exploit , deceive or love you , love , love you . ’
10 ‘ You know as well as I do
11 Though , of course , you know that as well as I do !
12 ‘ My dear Kegan , you know as well as I do that you came in on my side of the fence not out of some great disinterested love of science — you do n't know what science is all about ! — but because you saw a hope of personal glory in it !
13 ‘ You know the odds as well as I do .
14 ‘ Not rubbing anything out — you know as well as I do , you 're not allowed to rub anything out . ’
15 ‘ You know as well as I do it 's a damned great industry — and there are plenty of facets to it that never see the light of day .
16 ‘ You know as well as I do , ’ said Loppe , ‘ that when Famagusta surrenders , this island will split into flame like a fireball .
17 Denis is a professional and knows that as well as I do . ’
18 You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’
19 ‘ Well , ’ Louise replied , ‘ You know your mother as well as I do .
20 Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore .
21 You know as well as I do that Rudolfo 's the only one involved who has a house up there .
22 And he was about to add , ‘ But you know as well as I do there 's a reason in both cases , ’ but instead , he said , ‘ Well ! well !
23 ‘ You know as well as I do . ’
24 And just as instinctively lowering his voice , he said again , ‘ You know as well as I do .
25 I have given my third and fourth preferences to candidates who , if not exactly " worthless " , know as well as I do they have no chance of being elected .
26 They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’
27 Kate ca n't abide wasters , you know that as well as I do .
28 They know as well as I do that it has nothing whatsoever to do with who heads a company .
29 You know as well as I do that the Wharfmasters are living off the fat of the land on their company profits , but how are the dockers expected to support their wives and kids on seventy-two shillings and sixpence a week ? ’
30 You know as well as I do , they only stop talking about you when you 're six foot under . ’
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