Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] know [det] " in BNC.

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1 There was no reason why he should n't know this , too .
2 ‘ She may not know that .
3 ‘ I may not know much , but I know the best way to deal with situations like this . ’
4 I may not know much about anatomy , but I am rug-smart .
5 To adapt a famous phrase , ‘ We may not know much about their art , but we know what we 're supposed to like ’ and the lecturer , quite properly , both confirms and extends this recognition , so that what we find is , again quite properly , something like celebration of unity .
6 You may not know this — I 've studied sleeping , around the corner at the local college — grinding 's the result of too much stress .
7 Not that it would restrict our investigations ; but the murderer might not know that . ’
8 He might not know much about the Church , but with this terrain he was thoroughly familiar .
9 Well , I could n't know that , I did n't know .
10 But we could n't know this until we sat down and did the calculation .
11 Again , because of the nature of the allegations and counter-allegations , it seems probable that the hearing would be lengthy and bitter , and in view of their ages it seems to me impossible that the children would not know all about the hearing and the issues raised by it and be caught up in that bitterness .
12 But you would not know this from the music , which is delightful and radiantly happy .
13 Their grown-ups however , who might well , in the middle of their GCSE year , object to a Monday evening of socialising , would not know these things .
14 " I know I 'll be all right because there 's a few steps to go before it gets to that , " she said , " but some of the lasses would n't know that . "
15 I would n't know that
16 Came home , went to bed , slept right through to the next morning , and then you would n't know that anything had happened to him .
17 ‘ Brooklyn 's a part of the city , but you would n't know that . ’
18 I would n't know that .
19 he would n't know that .
20 oh they would n't know that
21 I would n't know that
22 I would n't know that one
23 And er the date was December the fourth , now December the fourth , and that was the day which er you would n't know this but er that was the day when fought er Joe you know , for the European Championship .
24 And er now it 's accepted I suppose and young firemen joining now would n't , would n't know any different , and they 'll probably be able to manage much better than I would on a fire station .
25 Oh I would n't know any of them .
26 ‘ You ca n't know much about the ups and downs of love and passion if you think that . ’
27 There are some would-be events that are too improbable to be contemplated , but we ca n't know this until we have done a calculation .
28 Some will have associated direction with Catholic rather than evangelical tradition and for that reason will not know much about it .
29 We will not know that in a hurry .
30 ‘ We wo n't know much about it . ’
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