Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [adv] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are , then , cell signals instructive in that they tell the cell something it does not already know ? |
| 2 | With this interpretation we might divide information into two types — that which the sender thinks the receiver already knows , and that which the sender thinks the receiver does not already know — and label these two types given information and new information respectively . |
| 3 | This means that a child acquiring language who does not yet know what chair means but will acquire the knowledge must already have represented in his ‘ language of thought ’ a predicate of the kind ‘ is a portable seat for one ’ . |
| 4 | Miller does not yet know this , the poor fool . |
| 5 | And anyway , I am of Callanish and though Creggan here does not yet know much of the site of Creggan yet he knows what that means . ’ |
| 6 | When he gets to Iona , Johnson will walk for the second time in footsteps he does not yet know about , those of the man who caused the folklore — Columba was here . |
| 7 | ‘ He does not yet know himself , ’ thought Lord Henry , with a smile . |
| 8 | The first round has already been filmed at the flight simulator in Leicester , the assault course in Bolton and the studio questions in Manchester , but Paul does not yet know the date of transmission . |
| 9 | It will be better , perhaps , if she does not wholly know that the will is in question . ’ |
| 10 | Amongst the working classes in this area , there seems to be no stigma attaching to a woman with a child she does not even know the father of ! ’ |
| 11 | The only question is whether they will tell the Labour leader what he wants to hear or whether he does not even know what he believes about the state of Britain after 13 years of Tory rule . |
| 12 | ‘ At the moment she does not even know where she was raped . ’ |
| 13 | Is not the truth of the matter not only that the Secretary of State is doing nothing about the housing needs of the service men and women who will be made redundant , but that he does not even know the facts ? |
| 14 | He does not even know where it is . |
| 15 | But if one is dealing with anything other than empirical knowledge of this kind — if , in short , one does not personally know in the sense just explained — the only honest thing one can say is that one does not know . |
| 16 | He does not quite know how to ask . |
| 17 | The new mother is often terrified of making a mistake but she does not really know what is the best thing to do . |
| 18 | If he can only argue to himself that they seem ’ interesting' it is highly likely that he does not really know why he is putting them in , or what he will do with the answers when he gets them . |
| 19 | ‘ A guide who has not encountered his own passions , his own inner conflicts , who does not truly know his darkness and his light , will be of no value in the spiritual battle . ’ |
| 20 | In short , the administration does not actually know why it wants a space station . |
| 21 | The student often becomes bored with the endless repetition of drills ; he is not necessarily able to transfer the patterns he has practised into creative communication outside a classroom situation ; and he does not necessarily know how and when it is appropriate to use the structures he has practised . |
| 22 | Brian Horton says he does n't honestly know because he does not know how much money he 's got available |
| 23 | It was n't her reaction that I was wary of , it 's just that she does n't even know how she made her children so how was she going to understand what I was trying to tell her ! |
| 24 | He does n't even know who he is any longer . ’ |
| 25 | I bet he does n't even know he 's doing it ! |
| 26 | He does n't even know their real names . |
| 27 | ‘ But we do n't sell the little set of four eye colours that were designed by somebody who does n't even know what you look like , ’ she adds . |
| 28 | ‘ We do n't sell the little set of four eye colours designed by someone who does n't even know what you look like ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He does n't even know I 'm here . ’ |
| 30 | Bernard does n't even know you 're here . |