Example sentences of "we did n't know [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem was that we did n't know why there had been such a dramatic improvement . |
| 2 | The boatman laughed and shook his head when we said we did n't know where we were going . |
| 3 | Remember how we missed the last bus because I was kissing you — we did n't know where we were , or what we were doing , did we ? |
| 4 | We did n't know where it was and it was only at the end of the exhibition , when everything was being dismantled , that we found the piece hidden away and realised what had happened . |
| 5 | The difference is that we did n't know then what we know now , we did n't know what would become of us ’ ; or ‘ We were so young and spilling over with everything inside ’ . |
| 6 | It was their first major flight away from the barn , and of course we did n't know then it was to be their last . |
| 7 | Whatever you think about sliced bread ( for myself , I detest it ) , we all know the expression meant we did n't know how we managed before it existed . |
| 8 | But we did n't know how it was going to go , so mentally we set a time limit on it . |
| 9 | If we found an object such as a watch upon a heath , even if we did n't know how it had come into existence , its own precision and intricacy of design would force us to conclude that the watch must have had a maker : that there must have existed , at some time , and at some place or other , an artificer or artificers , who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer ; who comprehended its construction , and designed its use . |