Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] [verb] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilger had agreed but had apparently not realized how this weakened his position . |
| 2 | Answer guide : If concise objectives are not set organizations will tend to drift a long not knowing where they are going . |
| 3 | But , er , do n't , I 'd rather not know why . |
| 4 | For , while Léopold Senghor and Houphouet-Boigny were able to communicate with their political colleagues in Paris , they had nevertheless not forgotten how to communicate with their own people . |
| 5 | er it 's just not knowing where to go with it |
| 6 | While the company has still not announced how much vendors will have to pay in royalties on top of the $400,000 licence fee for buying the 135,000 lines of code , it did say that royalties had been reduced significantly , and the second release of the code will be free to those companies that buy the first . |
| 7 | The worst moment of all , he thought , had been at a quarter to nine that morning , when he had been roused from the bottom depths of heavy , dream-tangled sleep by the door bell , and when , having stumbled across the room , still not knowing where he was or what was happening , he had found Mrs. Mounce at the door , asking if she could do any shopping for them . |
| 8 | Julius drove out of Warwick at a speed that was highly illegal , and Jessamy sat tensely beside him , still not understanding why the day had suddenly gone so dangerously wrong . |
| 9 | It is still not known how many women ( or men ) who are HIV antibody positive will go on to show symptoms of AIDS . |
| 10 | However , it is still not known how much Clough will cost . |
| 11 | I had honestly not thought how you would solve that problem in advance , and I 'm glad I did because my amazement certainly I wanted it to show with the kids when I said ‘ Goodness , what , you know , how on earth are you going to do it that way ? ’ . |
| 12 | It might be very hard for Ireland to get five on the team , but the way things are shaping up the selectors will probably not care where the players come from . |
| 13 | It is probably not realised how English this type of gesture has become and can be seen in many English ballets . |
| 14 | A good industrial photographer will not be particularly good at portrait work and a fashion photographer will probably not know how to handle food , so if all these areas are represented by the activities of your company or client organisation you will need to find photographers in each field . |
| 15 | The council could also not understand why Bristol had been chosen as a UDC area . |
| 16 | It is important to remember that there are risks attached to being kind to people in this state , and important also not to underestimate how difficult it may be for such people to reach out on their own . |
| 17 | The patient ends up not knowing how to differentiate between what are her own thoughts , and those which have been implanted . |
| 18 | It is often not appreciated how much of the stresses and assaults that impinge upon us are suppressed into the unconscious — an area which probably lies more on the spiritual plane than the mental one . |
| 19 | He will simply not know how to deal with it . ’ |
| 20 | Nevertheless , we still make certain assumptions about them and about our relationship to them , otherwise we would simply not know how to orient ourselves towards the language , or what to say . |
| 21 | Gatting , back after serving three years of a five-year ban for his part in the rebel tour of South Africa , has unselfishly not forgotten how Gower fought for him to be his understudy in the sub-continent . |
| 22 | And I know the scores of an iron crow on stone too well not to know how these frets were made . |
| 23 | He tried hard not to wonder why the word had n't been much more than a growl . |
| 24 | ‘ You should drink yours — it 's not very hot , ’ she said , trying hard not to show how anxious she was . |
| 25 | ‘ What a shame ! ’ she said jerkily , trying hard not to show how much he was rattling her . |
| 26 | I use the word beautiful knowing it to be inaccurate , yet not knowing how else to counteract the myth which has circulated for two centuries that Frankenstein 's monster 's face was a hideous conglomeration of second-hand features . |
| 27 | Doreen moved about the office in a restless manner , giving the impression that she wanted to talk , yet not knowing how to begin . |
| 28 | She recovered herself , grateful that he had either not noticed how jumpy she had been or was willing to pretend he had not . |