Example sentences of "[not/n't] know [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Lord Aldington did not know about the massacre and brutality .
2 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 .
3 A day later , Edouard still did not know about the baby .
4 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 ’ ) .
5 She did not know about the incident at the Chagall museum , she knew nothing but her conviction that Joseph was a murderer .
6 Presenting a product at its true value to a consumer who does not know about the product requires more than objective information because the consumer may not know how that information relates to his or her needs .
7 ‘ I do not know about the guns , Harry .
8 ‘ So you did not know about the dog ? ’
9 The MP who went to sea at 14 did not know about the motion and said he appreciated the gesture .
10 The court , in deciding that W was not guilty , said that a supplier of goods does not commit an offence under section 1 if he does not know at the time of supply or offer to supply that the trade description was applied to the goods .
11 I did not know at the time who had commissioned the poll , but I learned afterwards that it was the Conservative party .
12 They did not know at the beginning of the week how much they would bring home at the end .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Perhaps , however , among the 10 per cent who do not know of the CAB , there are many people in difficulty who might be helped if only they were aware of the service it provides .
16 The liquidator does not know of the existence of stock records in support of £50,620 , and XY Ltd , in taking over the stock , stated they did not have schedules/lists which would enable them to identify what they took over .
17 He did not know of the English habit of using such affectionate epithets rather haphazardly , and he was impressed that she should consider him her dear .
18 They did not know of the Indian hot springs nor of Chatterjee 's ideas .
19 The zeks did not know of the bitter trial of the breakdown .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 This step should not be left to the patient 's family , who will probably not know of the facility and may be inhibited by questions of expense .
23 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 .
24 Hecataeus did not know of the patriarchs and apparently had never heard of Hebrew kings .
25 However , even if Dr. Church and his partners did not know of the operation of that rule , many others in primary health care knew .
26 Zenith did not know of the existence of Acme 's program — no infringement of copyright .
27 In Dawson it was held that a reasonable person robbing a petrol station would not know of the attendant 's bad heart .
28 If the vendor does not know of the proposed management buy-out , or is aware but has not given approval , then the members of the management team almost certainly risk action against them for breach of their service agreements .
29 But the two companies did not know of the other 's needs until they were brought together by Darlington Business Link .
30 Without a system of progress evaluation the manager will not know until the end , whether he has succeeded .
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