Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] know [pers pn] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east . |
| 2 | Rosalba baked special almond biscuits , hoops of crumbly nuts and fine sugar , intending to wrap some in coloured papers and offer them to Tommaso 's mother as a gift for the feast ; but could not , because , as she was about to set off , she realised that she did not know her well enough to call and give her a present . |
| 3 | Rostov thought about Alexei 's behaviour and wondered if it was human nature for sons to hate their fathers , even when they did not know them very well . |
| 4 | We all knew that the Repubblichini were tools of the Nazis , used as spies and as a police force ; but they did not know us well enough to denounce us as anti-Fascists . |
| 5 | I did n't know her then only later . ’ |
| 6 | She used it with people who did n't know her very well . |
| 7 | Although of course I did n't know her very well or for very long . |
| 8 | ‘ So I did n't know her very well . |
| 9 | We did n't know her so well as we think . |
| 10 | Did n't know her so well as you did . |
| 11 | I was just a care assistant then , and I did n't know her too well at that time . |
| 12 | One minute she was enjoying it — oh , with a few protests thrown in , like she did n't know me well enough , she should n't be doing it , and so on — nothing serious . |
| 13 | But if it was perhaps even a little one your own age if you did n't know them very well it would be you . |
| 14 | I did n't like Mike , ’ she says , ‘ I strolled in and he did n't like me , he was at that age when he did n't like people if they did n't look cool so I hated him because he used to be really sarcastic and I did n't know him well enough to realise that he was only messing . |
| 15 | I did n't know him well enough , I mumbled . |
| 16 | She did n't know him well enough . |
| 17 | I did n't know him very well and I despised him for being well behaved and creeping around telling stories about me . |
| 18 | ‘ As far as I know he did n't have enemies or friends either , but I did n't know him very well . ’ |
| 19 | She said nothing for a moment , then : ‘ I did n't know him very well . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't know him very well , I 'm afraid , ’ says Cryer . |
| 21 | I did n't know him very well but , yeah , anyway he erm |
| 22 | But I did n't know him very well but er he was , you know , seemed alright like I 've got nothing bad to say about him . |
| 23 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 24 | Perhaps if I did n't know you so intimately I could be convinced , but I know your sexuality and your demands — ’ |