Example sentences of "knew [indef pn] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 26-year-old woman accountant who knew nothing about the mechanical side of vehicles asked her more knowledgeable friend to find a car for her . |
| 2 | Poor Andy knew nothing about the fact that his bride was planning to sport shorts for the most important vows of her life . |
| 3 | Laming claimed he knew nothing about the drugs ring and said Black put up £10,000 towards development of the stun gun . |
| 4 | They knew nothing about the drive-away alternative , neither did we but it was n't hard to find out . |
| 5 | They listened to people who knew nothing about the game , to people who exploited them , people who taught them the wrong things . |
| 6 | Hitler saw Czechoslovakia as the key to breaking Germany 's encirclement while Neville Chamberlain excused his appeasement of Hitler with the excuse that he knew nothing about the Czechs . |
| 7 | Thomas , who also knew nothing about the affair , was highly embarrassed and could only say that he would make enquiries . |
| 8 | I knew nothing about the profession when I started , absolutely nothing . |
| 9 | The only message survivors were permitted to send , a postcard with the words ‘ I am safe ’ , puzzled the recipients , who knew nothing about the deportations . |
| 10 | He knew nothing about the world — his children did n't even go to school . |
| 11 | I knew nothing about the event . |
| 12 | Instead , he rationalized his thoughts and justified himself Adam probably — indeed , almost certainly — knew nothing about the find in the pine wood , but Adam had once owned the house and had thus taken on a responsibility . |
| 13 | She was a Scots Presbyterian from Edinburgh and knew nothing about the theatre , but just knew I was going to do it . |
| 14 | And of course , to start with , we knew nothing about the boat 's history , That , if you will allow the word , is also , for the moment , irrelevant . ’ |
| 15 | Henry knew nothing about the new papal anathemas of which Anselm was the bearer , and he immediately required him first to renew the homage which he had done to Rufus , and then to consecrate his chancellor William Giffard to the bishopric of Winchester , with which he had invested him on his coronation day . |
| 16 | She knew nothing about the particular thing . |
| 17 | I knew nothing about the Ober Gabelhornr 's history or the difficulty of the route , or even what it looked like . |
| 18 | I knew nothing about the realities of proper soldiering , and to counterbalance the tedium and boredom of my small-time life , I surrounded the idea of the French Foreign Legion with a cocoon of glamour that it did n't possess . |
| 19 | And Clara , who could see no elegant way of enlarging this tantalizing scrap of information , had to make do with it — she dared not ask any further , for she knew nothing about the Labour Party , nor about the elder Ash 's political views , nor about A. J. Warbley himself , beyond the fact that his name was written up in black Gothic letters over his son 's shop door . |
| 20 | If they were stopped by the police and her basket was searched , he was to say that he knew nothing about the newspapers — she made him agree to this arrangement if he wanted to accompany her on her clandestine journeys . |
| 21 | It was clear from Hans 's face that he knew nothing about the allegations . |
| 22 | And I 'm pretty sure Natasha knew nothing about the kidnap . |
| 23 | Maybe the murderer knew nothing about the ransom , and had followed Newley or met him by chance at the gazebo . |
| 24 | ‘ Edouard thinks Maurin knew nothing about the brothers going to the flat until someone told him . ’ |
| 25 | I told the Customs officers and now I 'm telling you — I knew nothing about the heroin . ’ |
| 26 | You wo n't accept that I knew nothing about the drugs , yet you want my word ? |
| 27 | You refuse to accept that I knew nothing about the drugs . |
| 28 | Mr H knew nothing about the new law when he arrived in the UK . |
| 29 | The landowner , who now lives in Wales , knew nothing about the planned event . |
| 30 | I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’ |