Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] do [adv] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | The writer of this sentence does n't know whether the reader is male or female , but has chosen to use " his " as a GENERIC to mean " male or female " , overriding the normal use of " his " as a gender-specific pronoun meaning " male " . |
| 2 | The hon. Lady does not know what she is talking about . |
| 3 | The old fool does n't know what he 's talking about . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 5 | ‘ Now this devotee did not know the letters . |
| 6 | If the right hon. Gentleman does not know what circumstances are necessary for long-term prosperity and jobs , and that they are basically low inflation and a stable economy , he ought to learn that speedily . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman does not know the answer . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're the only one here that the police in this district do n't know , ’ said Sikes . |
| 9 | This woman does n't know anything , like ! |
| 10 | This man did n't know the house before James started to have it renovated . |
| 11 | ‘ What the old man do n't know wo n't hurt him , ’ said Josh . |
| 12 | What the three thousand four hundred are saying is that the County Council and British Coal do not know where they 're going with this thing , the full implications of it have either not been properly assessed or indeed not been released to the to the local communities . |
| 13 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is it the trust did n't know ? |
| 14 | The vast bulk of mainstream manufacturers in this country do n't know how to use our designers . |
| 15 | People in this country do n't know what winter really means . |
| 16 | The old Bishop did n't know what he missed . |
| 17 | Suddenly , they let him down and one said , ‘ This guy does n't know what we are talking about or he would not ask , ‘ Who is he ? ’ ' |
| 18 | This reader did not know whether to be more depressed by the carefully presented statistics , or the faint praise offered to bus managements for their efforts to rescue some kind of order from a rising tide of chaos . |
| 19 | Alternatively , if you , if he says , ‘ Well I want to have a , I read something and I want to have a discussion , ’ you think this chap does n't know anything about it , and you actually do a lot of the work for him or her in the circumstances . |
| 20 | The private sector did n't know where you were for two years . |
| 21 | They were surrounded by Iraqi trrops Allied intelligence did n't know about ; they had no radar protection from enemy planes ; and weather reports had failed to warn them of freezing conditions . |
| 22 | He [ sic ] knows something which the party of the second part does not know and has to admit that he does not know … |
| 23 | Anatoly Kornienko , first secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party ( CP ) committee in Kiev city and the first speaker after Gorbachev , complained that the platform had no ideological foundation and gave the impression that " the central committee does not know which way to turn " . |
| 24 | ‘ That clever husband does n't know that his ideas may lead me back to her ! ’ he laughed to himself . |
| 25 | They 're suffering greater casualties , but the outside world does n't know . |
| 26 | ‘ Central Office did not know the name of the child until Wednesday morning when we read it first in the Independent and subsequently in the Daily Express . ’ |
| 27 | He died so quickly that Viktor did n't know he 'd gone . |
| 28 | And his , his left hand does n't know what his right leg is doing ! |
| 29 | The little turd does n't know what he 's talking about . ] |
| 30 | Little Turtle did n't know what he was talking about . |