Example sentences of "[verb] n't know [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when she realized her son did not appreciate who was this doyenne of New York fashion she said out loud : ‘ Oh David , I can see you do n't know who Gloria Vanderbilt is , do you ? ’ |
| 2 | But you see you do n't know who they are do you that 's saying all this ? |
| 3 | The infinitive may also be preceded by a relative pronoun ( He did n't know who(m) to depend on ) . |
| 4 | She had her introduction for the exhibition and Jay read it like she did n't know who 'd written it . |
| 5 | She had been rehearsing a new song on the way to the Ritz , but did n't know who wrote it . |
| 6 | He ca n't have put it there for effect because he did n't know who was going to be there . |
| 7 | I did n't know who shot them . |
| 8 | I did n't know who was playing or what they were playing , or where , or why . |
| 9 | When I came on with my period , I did n't know who to tell . |
| 10 | Did n't know who lived here before . |
| 11 | Crosby in 1981 was a classic example : the voters lost a man they had known for thirty years and they did n't know who to vote for instead . |
| 12 | He did n't know who . |
| 13 | I told him I did n't know who shot me . |
| 14 | Did n't know who he was . |
| 15 | With hindsight , Beatrice 's remark that she was not at all impressed and did n't know who he was seems significant . |
| 16 | I did n't know who was in and who was not , but the incident with Russell and the telephone call had made the whole family wary . |
| 17 | Sorry I was so quiet but I did n't know who I liked best . |
| 18 | Then a man I did n't know who was sitting next to me nudged me in the ribs . |
| 19 | I did n't know who it meant . |
| 20 | I did n't know who to turn to and I felt really desperate . |
| 21 | In fact the staff did n't know who she was . ’ |
| 22 | Barney Moss either did n't know who had staked the seed money … or he was n't telling , and not even the Spanish Inquisition was going to change that state of affairs . |
| 23 | Mandy had come because she was worried about her parents and she did n't know who else to turn to . |
| 24 | The Bees did n't know who to mark as United switched their play and their players to totally confuse them with classy running that carried the hallmarks of good coaching . |
| 25 | At first I did n't know who the bearded man was for ( as I realise now ) I had been too busy participating to see . |
| 26 | The woman was staring at them , and Tabitha did n't know who was looking through her eyes . |
| 27 | ‘ Unless they did n't know who … |
| 28 | ‘ Chris , I really did n't know who to turn to ; and that voice made me shiver . |
| 29 | I did n't know who to telephone first — my husband , to tell him the amazing news — or Sally Bulgin , editor of The Artist , to ask if she was really sure my picture was the chosen one ! |
| 30 | I did n't know who needed my support most . |