Example sentences of "i know well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would have liked to be here this evening because I know well that he has been a tremendous support to my hon. and learned Friend and his family in many small and touching ways , which I know have been deeply appreciated . |
| 2 | The position is , of course , quite different if the witness knows the person concerned well enough to say : ‘ I was hit by a man I know well and whose name is Jack Spratt . ’ |
| 3 | Still if you mind 's made up , I know better than to argue with you . ’ |
| 4 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 5 | ‘ Even I know better than that . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My lord , I know better than any that I am not his match , ’ said Harry , stung and colouring vividly . |
| 7 | He said in a letter to shareholders : ‘ I believe that I know better than anyone what makes Amstrad operate and what needs to be done in order to secure its future . |
| 8 | She makes my tea with the same water she boils the eggs , she says she do n't but I know better and you know what that does . |
| 9 | I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action . |
| 10 | I was telephoned by the late Lord Plunket , Her Majesty 's Equerry , a man of exceptional charm whom I knew well and liked , who arranged the appointment and said diffidently , ‘ I hope you do not mind wearing a morning coat . ’ |
| 11 | It was delivered very secretly by a student of the Convitto Maria Luigia who travelled on the tram , and it had been given to him by another boy at the same school , a boarder whom I knew well and who lived in Fontenallato . |
| 12 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 13 | I knew better than to go in . |
| 14 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 15 | I knew better than to inquire . |
| 16 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 17 | Did I really think I knew better than the FO , full of clever people who were experts on British foreign policy ? |
| 18 | Afterwards I felt ashamed that I thought I knew better than they did , especially when they were doing everything for free . |
| 19 | I knew better than to interrupt . |