Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] not know " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stared impassively at Corbett while their leader talked to Thomas in a tongue that Corbett did not know , though it sounded like birdsong , high , clicking and quick . |
| 2 | Barrymore did not know in which of them the mysterious man was living . |
| 3 | Lexander did not know the word Junker . |
| 4 | Of what or to whom , Kathleen did not know and dared not ask . |
| 5 | Standing before her future mistress , Millie did not know whether or not to dip her knee . |
| 6 | David did not know quite where to look , but it was one occasion , he subsequently recounted to his friends , when it was better to travel than to arrive . |
| 7 | His voice was hatefully mocking , and whether it was the drink talking , or his resentment of all women because of what one beautiful woman had done to him , Dr Neil did not know . |
| 8 | For some unaccountable reason she had bent down to inspect the floor , hoping , though Dr Neil did not know this , to escape the attentions of Havvie and his friends , all of whom had known her well in her old life . |
| 9 | Neil did not know what to say . |
| 10 | Lissa did not know where she found the strength to answer him without betraying anything of her inner turmoil . |
| 11 | However , he had been into the interior once before , in the service of two Dutch explorers who , in the manner of all Dutch explorers , had died strange deaths : though not before they had communicated to civilization a mysterious message , ‘ Wallace and Darwin did not know it , but there are alternatives . ’ |
| 12 | At this unhappy moment , I recalled that mysterious sentence , ‘ Wallace and Darwin did not know it , but there are alternatives . ’ |
| 13 | Well , of course , Darwin really had no answer to that and today we today we do because nowadays we know how evolution works , and erm what we now know that Darwin did not know , is that the genetic code is based , this is just an illustration from a standard book , you can find this in more or less any , any book . |
| 14 | ‘ Nothing , ’ Corbett sighed ‘ I just thank God Mistress Agatha did not know you were asleep . |
| 15 | What they did not know — and perhaps Mr Desai did not know either — was that urine contains large amounts of melatonin — a chemical secreted by the pineal gland which is involved ( no one knows how ) in setting the body 's natural rhythms . |
| 16 | Upstairs her mother slept or woke or dreamed , Alida did not know . |
| 17 | Rachaela did not know why she had participated . |
| 18 | Although he was one of her guests , Lady Blemley did not know Mr Appin well . |
| 19 | Alexia did not know him well , he realised . |
| 20 | ‘ Lord Aldington did not know about the massacre and brutality . |
| 21 | Odd-Knut did not know if he would break trail . |
| 22 | Charles was not inclined to look too hard at what he was giving away in the charters he issued , and he issued two charters , one to the Earl of Carlisle and one to Sir William Courteen , which covered the same islands , probably because people in England did not know much about the geography of the area and possibly did not much care . |
| 23 | Ruth did not know what to say . |
| 24 | It is now certain that Malta 's coach , Pippo Psaila , could not predict what Scotland 's team will be , for the simple reason that even Roxburgh does not know the answer to that one yet . |
| 25 | As a result it is hard to think of any technical innovations , whether in the military or civilian field , that Russia does not know about . |
| 26 | Rory did not know how to take the information . |
| 27 | Eckert did not know the real Arthur Hardy 's share in these juvenile expeditions , nor had he seen the then unpublished A Sportman 's Tale which amplifies the sustained friendship between these two Battersea Grammar School pupils . |
| 28 | At first , Theda did not know whether she was more angry with Lady Merchiston for loaning her out like this , or with Mrs Rosalia Alderley for making such an impertinent request . |
| 29 | to Coronation Street do not know all the facts of course , we are ignorant of the finer points of the time gone by , but why is Deirdre so lasted to Ken I 've yet to catch up with Wednesday night 's proceedings on my video contraption , but the last thing that I heard Deirdre say to Ken as he was recovering on a put-u-up in her front room was , I 'm stuck with you till you back on your feet and as far as I 'm concerned it ca n't come soon enough for me , Ken lay there immobile , stunned , a cruel carry on , what 's the poor chap done , but then I 've missed too much |
| 30 | Alain did not know what a shock it had been to be dragged up those stairs and to find a room like a small time capsule , the very essence of the man she had not known still lingering there . |