Example sentences of "full well [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After two hours Ii managed to get David to sign the papers knowing full well that , after over 12 years of living in those conditions , I would probably want to die myself . |
| 2 | The visitor left , forgetting to take her sewing machine , and I left with her , knowing full well that I would never see Aisha again and that news of my forcing the lock on her cupboard would reach my family and the whole village well amplified , so that I 'd end up accused of stealing all of Aisha 's possessions . |
| 3 | Connolly and Wilson , we may agree , lived dangerously ; they took risks , knowing full well that they were not au fait with the latest scholarship , had not mastered ‘ the secondary material ’ . |
| 4 | Mr Gorbachev knows full well that , unlike his counterparts in Poland and Hungary , Mr Honecker can not replace doctrinaire communism with appeals to nationalism . |
| 5 | Returning to the front of the croft I batter once more on the door , knowing full well that I shall never see her again . |
| 6 | But we Nicaraguans know full well that the shortages and the repression came before the war and the ( US trade ) embargo . ’ |
| 7 | He knew full well that the only circumstances in which a regional planning manager would not be expected personally to present his Ten Year Business Plan to the President of the Corporation was if he was already earmarked for promotion and it was desired to give visibility to his successor , or if he was on his way out . |
| 8 | Successive personnel managers had always caved in to his demands as they knew full well that Clasper would win a stand-up fight . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I guess I agree with the committee 's original view that we should not put any major new investment in the UK , ’ Klepner replied , knowing full well that this line would be supported by Mueller and most of the Americans around the table . |
| 10 | He had accepted the invitation gladly , knowing full well that it would be his last opportunity to speak in public as a European executive of United Motors . |
| 11 | The manager had been trying to set himself up in the Business when he knew full well that Clive had the franchise . |
| 12 | You know full well that , once Inspector Cotton learns the girl was a prostitute , he will write the case off . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You know full well that your brief is to produce articles which will interest the wives of City men , so that they will take a copy of the paper home with them . ’ |
| 14 | Arafat had ordered the inhabitants of Tel al-Za'atar not to surrender , knowing full well that they would be defeated . |
| 15 | The proposal by the then second lieutenant was addressed directly to the Commander-in-Chief Middle East , as Stirling knew full well that ‘ going through channels ’ would be a total waste of time . |
| 16 | He realized full well that he stood no chance of getting further reinforcements , and anyway he would not have time to train them . |
| 17 | In more worldly Penzance the Mayor would , each Mid-summer 's eve , issue a proclamation that no bonfires were to be lit , knowing full well that , as evening fell crowds of youths would nonetheless throng the streets flourishing torches , rolling tar barrels and lighting fires at every town and village around Mounts Bay . |
| 18 | Among those who campaigned tirelessly for gifted youngsters , knowing full well that there was more at stake than mere survival , was Greta Burkill . |
| 19 | Those who joined knew full well that they were liable to be dropped behind enemy lines . |
| 20 | Any seasoned dieter knows full well that she can ‘ cheat ’ that weight off the normal set of bathroom scales by shifting her stance a little or rushing off to empty the bladder , remove the dentures and so on . |
| 21 | And there 's the nub of it : Guy Chadwick knows full well that , for good or bad , he 's got to call the shots in The House Of Love . |
| 22 | But the major political parties have yet to get the real message , namely that the people know full well that someone , somehow , is going to have to pay for German unification . |
| 23 | The conclusion is inescapable that the reason why the US and UK have illegally rejected all means for the peaceful resolution of this dispute with Libya is that both states know full well that Libya was not responsible for the Lockerbie bombing . |
| 24 | A month later in Egypt she sat forlornly on her own in front of the Pyramids , knowing full well that the media would again sympathise with her lonely vigil . |
| 25 | ‘ I know full well that , frankly speaking , prostitutes are bad , but I feel something human in them which prevents me from feeling the slightest scruple about associating with them … . |
| 26 | In his usual thrusting manner , he fought inside McLaren to get the engine put to use as soon as possible , knowing full well that engine development on a bench or in testing is very different to developing an engine that will be competitive under the stress of FI racing . |
| 27 | the magazine had the final say on the format of the finished pattern , so I found myself having to pass over things like ‘ Take off on a hand knitting needle ’ when I knew full well that it would be much easier to ‘ take off on waster yarn ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Rogal Dorn has blessed you with wisdom , ’ Lexandro said airily , knowing full well that Tundrish spent much more time in the scriptories than praying in cell or chapel . |
| 29 | ‘ I chose to go to South Africa in 1988 , knowing full well that in so doing I would miss out on England 's tour to Australia and Fiji . |
| 30 | ‘ How about a bit of jugged hare or perhaps a nice plump breast of chicken , ’ she said , knowing full well that such delicacies were beyond the reach of the poor worker . |