Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] know any " in BNC.

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1 It came to her as a shock that , although she had an excellent opportunity to be acquainted with high school children through her son , she did not know any of his friends .
2 We did not know any influential person in Parma who could help us , and certainly there was no one in Fontanellato .
3 This must be because he did not know any observations of it : Darwin was interested by every possible form of moral behaviour in animals , and if he had known of restrained fighting , he would have written about it .
4 Klaus had objected to the move , saying that he " did not know any method of distinguishing in practice dirty money from clean money " .
5 I think there are many American teachers who would agree with me , but those kinds of ‘ packs ’ have an unfortunate way of creeping onto the desks of teachers who do not know any better and the resulting work may not only be irrelevant but harmful .
6 Many women do not know any other mothers locally when they have their first baby and this is an ideal group for finding support and friendship .
7 Many women do not know any other mothers locally when they have their first baby and this is an ideal group for finding support and friendship .
8 Many women do not know any other mothers locally when they have their first baby and this is an ideal group for finding support and friendship .
9 Many women do not know any other mothers locally when they have their first baby and this is an ideal group for finding support and friendship .
10 Many women do not know any other mothers locally when they have their first baby and this is an ideal group for finding support and friendship .
11 I do not know any other way to express it .
12 However , I do not know any other human being who believes this to be possible in principle .
13 'I do not know any Charlie . ’
14 If there is a bob or two to be made , old rootstocks may be sold as ‘ hedging roses ’ with a bit of brash advertising — it does not matter if the illustration is nothing like the truth , the media do not know any better — and somebody will buy them , they always do .
15 ‘ But then , you do not know any better . ’
16 I do not know any more cheering mark of the increased philanthropy of our own times , than to contrast our domestic architecture with that of our ancestors , and to see how much better servants and poor are cared for at present .
17 We have forgotten how to read the winds or easily find directions from the stars ; we do not know any more how to read the landscape , and you , Creggan , can not recognize friend from enemy among our own kind .
18 I do not know any other politician or statesman who would have acted with such speedy decision without stopping to think of the possible consequences to himself or what people might think about his intervention on behalf of an alleged terrorist .
19 I do not know any social class which lives so completely without ideas of any kind …
20 The head of Lima 's anti-rabies clinic said the bats normally feasted on animals but , in their rabid state , they probably did n't know any better .
21 Leee Childers : ‘ In America , we 'd go to the record companies and make outrageous demands at RCA because we did n't know any better .
22 The Headmaster did n't know any of the details but reassured him it would be alright .
23 I was aware of its existence , but had n't read it and did n't know any more about it than that it was about to become law .
24 Henry did n't know any unemployed people .
25 And now she knew that Uncle Knacker did n't know any more than she did , and she was on her own because her parents could n't afford expensive lessons or a top-class pony .
26 They had their dignity to consider and Mr Tait , the factor , did n't know any better , and had little dignity , but Liam should have sung .
27 Oh no , not at all , I had received help from the librarian before , but I did n't know any more for that … about the right techniques and so on .
28 I had the balls to do it because I did n't know any better .
29 I did n't know any colonels .
30 ‘ I did n't know any of them before yesterday .
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