Example sentences of "did not know [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This last section of the questionnaire relates solely to training — the opinions were recorded of those who had used the services of the ATB in the past and the expectations of those who , until this study , did not know of the existence of the ATB .
2 Zenith did not know of the existence of Acme 's program — no infringement of copyright .
3 However , even if Dr. Church and his partners did not know of the operation of that rule , many others in primary health care knew .
4 But the two companies did not know of the other 's needs until they were brought together by Darlington Business Link .
5 Evidence from the period is confused but it is likely that Newcomen worked independently and did not know of the ideas of Papin and Savery .
6 The interesting feature of the case is that the corporation exacted the payments under a mistake of fact — they did not know that the limestone was to be burnt into lime , while the plaintiff made the payments under a mistake of law — he did not know of the exemption .
7 Hecataeus did not know of the patriarchs and apparently had never heard of Hebrew kings .
8 She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages .
9 She did not know about the incident at the Chagall museum , she knew nothing but her conviction that Joseph was a murderer .
10 ‘ Lord Aldington did not know about the massacre and brutality .
11 Someone who did not know about the Müller-Lyer illusion being an illusion might well say , ‘ AB is shorter than BC ’ ( if the appearance was not misleading in this way we would not call it an ‘ illusion ’ ) .
12 A day later , Edouard still did not know about the baby .
13 When we first arrived home from Hong Kong , we did not know about the aorta problem , so two days after our homecoming Michael went to London for a further two days of meetings .
14 ‘ So you did not know about the dog ? ’
15 The MP who went to sea at 14 did not know about the motion and said he appreciated the gesture .
16 They did not know at the beginning of the week how much they would bring home at the end .
17 I did not know at the time who had commissioned the poll , but I learned afterwards that it was the Conservative party .
18 Left staring at him while waiting for her full wits to return , Leith did not know for the moment what on earth was going on .
19 ‘ He told me , ’ said Hugh , ‘ as I think he told you , that he did not know in the darkness who the dead man might be .
20 Obviously he did not know from the look on his face .
21 Sun Life did not know before the move how many employees would choose to relocate from London to Bristol although , at the end of the exercise ( which was phased to ease potential business problems ) , 500 staff moved with the company .
22 It was not that they did n't know about the brain .
23 But I got my own back — at the time I was writing a column for the Guardian , so I wrote '20 Things You Did n't Know About the Editor of The Sun ’ — the Editor of The Sun wears his pyjamas over his head and he has twelve daughters , all called Spot .
24 I did n't know about the RSPB or the RSPCA or any other caring agency I could have turned to for assistance .
25 I was thinking about becoming a doctor beforehand , but I still was not sure — I did n't know about the hours of work , the jobs done , the environment , and the stamina needed to last through a full day 's work — but this experience has made up my mind .
26 " You did n't know about the road , did you ?
27 I 'm sure he did n't know about the drugs . ’
28 And I did n't know about the drugs until the Customs launch stopped us in the bay .
29 I did n't know about the drugs . ’
30 Stella did n't know about the telephone calls .
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