Example sentences of "do [adv] know [conj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not know that Mme Bluot had asked me not to walk in that direction ( ‘ It is a street so disreputable , madame , it could lead a child astray . ’ ) , |
| 2 | Dr James said he did not know if Tayside Health Board is to continue providing money for treatment . |
| 3 | ‘ But in May 1945 I did not know that they would be killed and I did not know until Count Tolstoy drew it to my attention in 1979 , 1980 and 1985 . |
| 4 | Tigers do not know that humans beings have no sense of smell , and when a tiger becomes a man-eater it treats a human being exactly as it treats wild animals , that is , it approaches its intended victims up-wind , or lies up in wait for them down-wind . |
| 5 | We do not know that market motivation is more effective in promoting high standards of care than professional value systems , ethical standards and organisational traditions of public service , professional and peer review , inspectorates , public criticism and evaluative research . |
| 6 | The draft reply contained one threat to report I M R O to the Securities and Investment Board for excessive enquiries er and for an unreasonable attitude and the other er bit of the reply was effectively a form of covering up presenting full financial information and disclosure to I M R O. Those replies were drafted by people inside the Maxwell organisation and you may want to comment on er the position , although I should stress at this stage that I like you have not seen the final version of any reply and I do not know whether I M R O persisted . |
| 7 | I do not know if Gibson Keddie was serious when he invited users of 30 watt bass combos to write to him ( review of the Carlsbro bass combos in the June edition of Guitarist ) , but I accept the invitation . |
| 8 | Not a bit of it — do not know if W. J. Jakimiuk who was responsible for the Chipmunk 's lovely qualities also devised the Beaver 's agile handling , but I should not be surprised if he did , for it flies like a smaller aeroplane , with light forces and a roll-rate much better than that long high-aspect-ratio wing might suggest . |
| 9 | Benny did n't know that Peggy Pine was an old friend of Mother Francis , that they had been girls years ago and that when she came to the convent she called Mother Francis Bunty . |
| 10 | As I write , I can think of a couple of billboard posters that make no attempt to conceal their debt to the Belgian fantasist : a Silk Cut advertisement , which discards the regular purple silk motif in favour of a neutral cream back ground on which are set the letters P U R P L and E , snipped from some newspaper 's headlines as if by a poison pen writer ; and another whose legend , ‘ I did n't know that Air France had more flights to Paris than any other airline company ’ , is illustrated by the portrait of a man whose face is obscured by a fried egg . |
| 11 | I do n't know whether Pettitcoat Lane , but I know he went up to London |
| 12 | I do n't know whether Tillie Olsen lived near a mine in her childhood . |
| 13 | I I do n't know whether M A F F would object , but they did lay down for the selection of their site . |
| 14 | I do n't know whether Mr Rocke fell in love with the Yorkshire moors on a visit to Wakefield for that exhibition ; but for most of the years since that time he has lived and worked in Yorkshire as senior art adviser to the West Riding County Council . |
| 15 | The police do n't know whether Mr Johnson was involved . |
| 16 | I do n't know whether Mr Palmer read my thoughts — but it was a tight hole and there was a need for accuracy — but sure enough he opted for a 1-iron . |
| 17 | But by the nature of the staff that we have in this school , I do n't know whether Mr Goddard deliberately tries to surround himself with fools so that the school will collapse when he leaves , but the quality of the people that he has , in terms of having a broad idea of education is just a non-starter . |
| 18 | Now , he does n't say anything about penis envy in , in putting that forward and I do n't know whether penis envy was in his mind at the time he wrote those words and even if I asked him today , he probably would n't admit it . |
| 19 | They do n't know that Billy Tuckett was actually making for Sunil 's house . |
| 20 | Well I do n't know because North Yorkshire 's pretty sort of erm er pretty rife as far as black magic is concerned . |
| 21 | Well , I do n't know if Marlborough tobacco was around in the time of Jesus Christ , but erm I think if Jesus Christ had the second coming today one of the first things he would condemn is this week that is the cause of death and destruction throughout the world , and if he would n't condemn that I would certainly be a bit dismayed . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know if St Jovite is running but I hope he does as we would like to have one more go at him . |
| 23 | We do n't know if Fred Day 's claim is true ; we do know that he 's not alone in believing it to be . |