Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] not know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this burning interest came from a transmigration from a previous existence I do not know , but it may have been sparked off by a small and relatively insignificant incident which occurred in the spring of 1929 . |
| 2 | As a complete beginner I did not know what to do . |
| 3 | There were two sisters ahead of me in the family , and though of course I did not know it , there was heady talk of emigration , possibly to Canada but more usually to England , the land of milk and honey and opportunity . |
| 4 | There were many others , not mathematicians or academic linguists , whose function I did not know ( and not all of whom I met in what was by then a large organisation ) , who became celebrated in later life . |
| 5 | Whether these were John 's family or whether there was another brother or sister I do not know , but I have never been able to find out anything about who they were or where they went to . |
| 6 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |
| 7 | Whether or not these relationships cut through any red tape I do not know , but the red tape did not have much of a chance in these circumstances . |
| 8 | What the psychiatrists or psychoanalysts make of this condition I do not know . |
| 9 | How long Joe had been in the marsh she did not know , but it was a very lonely spot , and he could have been there for hours and hours — perhaps even all through the night , thought Cheryl . |
| 10 | How the printers had got hold of her photograph she did not know , but they had , and now it was being sold all over London , along with ones of Lillie Langtry and other noted belles . |
| 11 | On 7 May the applicant was admitted to bail , and so far as we are aware has been at liberty ever since , although it appears that he has appeared on a number of occasions at the Guildhall Magistrates ' Court , to what effect we do not know . |
| 12 | She waited , but without much hope , for Rupert to offer to run her home in the car they did not know he possessed . |
| 13 | When he applied for judicial review he did not know whether his tariff exceeded 20 years , but on 10 April 1990 his solicitors were informed by the Home Office that it did not . |
| 14 | Why he felt as if they had just agreed to an illicit liaison he did not know , unless it was the air of sexual invitation this woman wore as other women wore perfume , the practised composition of glance and gesture that she used to imply everything whilst proposing nothing . |
| 15 | Whether Ursula shared her growing sense of foreboding she did not know . |
| 16 | His main use I think is to bolster the reader 's view of Eddie and is used by Miller to drive home Eddie 's feelings in case you do not know them already . |
| 17 | But of course you do not know — how could you — and I doubt you could imagine , however hard you tried ! ’ |
| 18 | At first Dinah did not understand ; the way he talked was strange to her , and in any case she did not know what the term meant . |
| 19 | In any case she did not know what it was to be and took refuge in the business of drawing the cups and the teapot towards her . |
| 20 | In the first place I do not know exactly what it was like in all its details . |
| 21 | To write about a place I did not know might seem to be breaking one of the most quoted warnings to the novice author : " Write about what you know " . |
| 22 | ‘ I said before the match I did not know what pressure was — well I do now . |
| 23 | Why he was chosen as leader I do not know , or if in fact a leader is chosen or simply assumes command . |
| 24 | If that is not over the score I do not know what is . |
| 25 | It may be that like the other NCT groups people do not feel the need to attend for more than a few months ( ca n't stay a New Mum for ever ! ! ! ) and at the moment no one needs the MiE group I do not know and I would like to find out . |
| 26 | Exactly how many rival organisations were established during this period we do not know . |
| 27 | With people saying things with a meaning they did not know , or with more meaning than they knew . ’ |
| 28 | For a moment he did not know where he was : the darkness lay upon him like a leaden weight , crushing him as if he were under a ton of river-water . |
| 29 | For a moment he did not know what had been said . |
| 30 | For a moment he did not know what to say , then he composed himself to pretend she had said something else , and then he laughed . |