Example sentences of "[modal v] n't know [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But surely the police could n't know about the burglary ? |
2 | Dana could n't know about Berenice ; she was n't heartless … she would n't want a life built on another woman 's misery . |
3 | At least they could n't know about her visit to Puddephat 's rooms . |
4 | Lowe could n't know at the time how much both his private life and his work were about to go right . |
5 | As for Jessie herself , she had held her in her arms and reassured her that her Robbie would be all right , even though , from the scanty information given her by the nurse , she could n't know for sure if he would be . |
6 | ‘ In fact , it may not turn out to be a job at all , but without you we could n't know for sure . ’ |
7 | He need n't know about Guido . |
8 | Like Piquet he changed his name ( from Senna da Silva to Senna ) so his family would n't know of his racing exploits . |
9 | Er put up there , you would n't know of would you ? |
10 | She said : ‘ There was Marius Durance , naturally , and Sabine , of course and … but you would n't know of the others . |
11 | But I would n't know of course . |
12 | One trouble is that one would n't know for which integers k , if any , the replacement of x by x + k would change the given polynomial into Eisenstein form . |
13 | On the Dipper , if you had your eyes shut and your ears plugged up — so you could n't see or hear what was going on — and you just thought about how heavy or light you felt , and what was happening to your tummy — you would n't know for sure what was happening . |
14 | There are tribal things going on there that you would n't know about unless you lived there . ’ |
15 | ‘ I would n't know about that . ’ |
16 | ‘ I would n't know about addiction , ’ she said . |
17 | Er so obviously there is a lot of undetected crime that we would n't know about . |
18 | I would n't know about that either . |
19 | ‘ We would n't know about that , would we , Irene . ’ |
20 | He would n't know about it . |
21 | Puzzled friends were informed , as they set about helping her to find something , that it was necessary to afford Hannah some privacy — somewhere the daily stream of visitors would n't know about , somewhere she could escape to sit and dream in solitude . |
22 | Whatever he was doing , the body would n't feel its , would n't know about it . |
23 | So y y you would n't know about the ins and outs of what went on when they ? |
24 | Do you have any special terms that applies to the job that we would n't know about ? |
25 | He would n't know yet , would n't know about Nona till she told him . |
26 | Well , I would n't know about that . |
27 | ‘ I would n't know about that but I can tell you the business calls he made . ’ |
28 | ‘ We would n't know about that , ’ they said . |
29 | And even in quite a wide area not perhaps the garden croquet players you would n't know about the people who play in the back garden but you know the people who play in tournaments . |
30 | You would n't know about athlete 's foot would you Andrew ? |