Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] n't [adv] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called … bromeliads , I think , and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and once you know the world is full of things like that your life is never the same . ’ |
| 2 | Erm s so you 've now got the situation in modern times where people probably go out to work all day , come home at the end and do n't even know who the names of the people living next door to them . |
| 3 | And there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called bromeliads and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and the world is full of things like that and now I know about them and I 'm never ever going to be able to see them and then you , ’ she gulped for breath , ‘ want me to come and live with you in a hole and wash your socks ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It 's certain sure that there are poor devils on that boat who 've been cheated and do n't yet know it . |
| 5 | The inevitable question , ‘ What did you do in the hols ? ’ would be greeted with a list of the films I had seen , and the dances and point-to-points I had been to , whereas in fact I was not allowed to go to the cinema ( perhaps for financial reasons ) , had never been to a dance in my life , and did n't even know what a point-to-point was . |
| 6 | Other girls at school used to think that was funny , because they never talked to their mums and did n't even know how old they were . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm in your hands , ’ I mumbled and did n't quite know why I said it . |
| 8 | And did n't really know anything about rabbits and I know my aunt it 's a sort of family story that she took her doe to the buck and the buck had babies . |
| 9 | He had n't meant to lose control like that and did n't really know why he had . |
| 10 | How horrible — and how lucky you were , Mr. Preston , to meet my aunt when she was old and did n't really know what she was doing . " |
| 11 | But they were then held in remand in prison , and did n't really know how to defend themselves , so this project will be sending lawyers into the Long Houses of the indigenous peoples , trying to educate them about the process of Malaysian law , and work it into their system of customary law , which is known as ADAT , whereby within the Long House , all the community leaders and the members within the community debate disputes over land rights , the forest , the use of it , and try and get them to use their customary law with a knowledge of the Malaysian legal process in order to form associations and fight being thrown into prison because they 're trying to defend the forest . |
| 12 | There 's a very good example of that in the film you 'll see , where somebody phones up , and does n't quite know who they want to speak to , but they get through to a department , and they say , ‘ Oh , I 've left some money ’ , and the caller immediately , and the person who 's received the call immediately says , ‘ Ah , money ! , you want the treasurers department , I 'll put you through ’ , and before the chap 's had a chance to say , ‘ No , no , no , I really want to speak to you , they 've gone , and they 're back at the switchboard . ’ |
| 13 | As for Mike , he treats his new charge like a china doll — he adores her , but does n't quite know how to handle her . |