Example sentences of "[adv] know [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was our college barber ; and at a time when most of us were penniless he cut hair for a shilling ( = 5p , to those who do not know what a shilling was ) . |
| 2 | If you do not know what a tree or shrub is , exercise clemency and give it a year 's grace to demonstrate its worth before you turn it over to the axeman . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This is grievous news , grievous not only for this and other universities but for the nation ; for it is a grave national misfortune to be governed by those who do not know what a university is and what distinguishes it from other institutions of learning and study , not to mention training . |
| 5 | The wise man in Proverbs twenty seven , he says , do not boast about tomorrow for you do not know what a day may bring forth . |
| 6 | These eagles would not know what a zoo was , or believe that he had escaped from one in a place where no eagles lived naturally . |
| 7 | He may not know what a lying , idle little slummock he 's taken under his wing . ’ |
| 8 | He does not know what a hyena can do to a human body . ’ |
| 9 | ( Some , in this less heroic age , may not know what a Guest Tea was . |
| 10 | Military privilege was undefined ; civilians did not know what an officer was entitled to , what they could safely refuse , what belonged to the armed forces , and what claims were backed only by an officer 's pretensions . |
| 11 | One could not know what an experience was like without knowing whether it was pleasurable or not , but one could know what it was like without recognizing its value , even though this follows necessarily from its being like just what it was . |
| 12 | One can not know what an adjective is being applied to just by considering its lexical meaning : the support of an adjective is defined by something outside the adjective 's own lexical content . |
| 13 | We still do not know what the Government 's aims and objectives at Maastricht are . |
| 14 | He could not interpret the hand gestures and did not know what the offworlder was thinking . |
| 15 | We do not know what the staying-on rate will be until the autumn , and it is capable of further revision during the year . |
| 16 | The captain did not know what the craft was carrying , though that was not unusual , and the line was under contract partly for its discretion . |
| 17 | I do not know what the majority here or in the country may think about it . |
| 18 | She did not know what the message was : Lee in this state was no longer a lovelorn friend but a trauma . |
| 19 | I do not know what the hilarity is about , but please carry on . |
| 20 | It 's no excuse that the salesman did not know what the customer planned to do with the recorder , even if it is labelled with a warning about not taping copyright records or films . |
| 21 | I do not know what the Secretary of State is doing now to an article . |
| 22 | JOHN SMITH is preparing to launch the biggest tax assault ever on middle income families while claiming that he does not know what the effect of his tax hike will be on incentives , confidence or on the economy . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not know what the outcome will be as there are an awful lot of issues which are unclear . |
| 24 | She did not know what the matter was but knew instinctively that this was the right thing to do . |
| 25 | I have a car badge belonging to the 159 Motor Club but do not know what the club is , or was , and have been unable to find out . |
| 26 | We can not know what the future will bring ; nor did he . |
| 27 | We did not know what the future might hold and had to face the possibility that we may not see each other again . |
| 28 | Hankin , as well as the players , press and supporters , do not know what the future holds . |
| 29 | Scott replied : ‘ I do not know what the future may hold , but authorities have no power to provide cash now ’ . |
| 30 | Even the most experienced police interrogator can not entirely avoid leading questions , simply because he can not know what the witness actually knows or what really happened . |