Example sentences of "[verb] n't know the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I see you do n't know the man .
2 I smiled , nodding my head , not unhappy that he 'd jumped to the wrong conclusions , but surprised that he did n't know the secret of paying by instalments .
3 You know the end , and I know the end , now we know what happened , now we know what I should have done … but I was not at the end of the movie , I was in the middle of the movie and I did n't know the ending . ’
4 ‘ She had travelled over with her boyfriend and did n't know the system .
5 It did n't work at first because people forgot and then there were the tourists who came in and did n't know the seating arrangements .
6 Willie did n't know the tune and as he could n't read he could n't even follow the words .
7 Leigh says : ‘ I honestly thought I was going to be on my own for at least a decade but I did n't know the Twiglet was going to come on the scene .
8 She did n't know the colour of his eyes because she had never looked into them .
9 I did n't know the year of the plague
10 He repeatedly stated to Timms , ‘ It was a fair fight , two onto two , I 'm sorry , I did n't know the man had died . ’
11 The inquest was only opened , of course — it had to be adjourned because we did n't know the man 's identity .
12 ‘ I did n't know the man sitting next to the producer was Dick Lester , who had just directed that film , ’ recalled Crawford ‘ Anyway , I got the part and it certainly could n't have been my charm or personality that did it . ’
13 I did n't know the man who stepped out and looked straight at the door which the old buffer porter had managed to close .
14 But I did n't know the address . ’
15 We 've had a running argument about this , but as I did n't know the address of your cottage either , I could n't think of an alternative course of action .
16 Algerian Karim Ederesi , 20 , did n't know the emergency phone had connected him with police .
17 I did n't know the bloke by his name !
18 The porter who had accompanied the procession was called before the Board , and in explanation said that the driver of the cart did n't know the way , nor did he himself .
19 This — man — showed me , because I did n't know the way . ’
20 Erm tt er when it came to the children erm and he did n't know the date of birth erm you should 've at least got the ages of them
21 Richard Branson actually did n't know the price of a pint of milk .
22 They could see by my record that I had n't been to prison before , did n't know the procedure .
23 He could n't quite make out the face , but he was certain he did n't know the caller , which was unusual .
24 I suppose we did n't know the word fetish . ’
25 and in it was the word appreciation , now , he 'd probably seen the word before , but he did n't know the word
26 I think Natalie probably got pass cos she did n't know the dance .
27 I did n't know the surname of the people who 'd taken you , only your first name , Robbie , and so when you turned up in school I thought nothing of it .
28 US Cup press officer Jim Trecker says : ‘ If you did n't know the story , you would n't think it was anything out of the ordinary , it looks just like a plain grass field .
29 Preston did n't know the half of them , only the big ones .
30 They did n't know the half of it .
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