Example sentences of "[vb past] not know [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I thought you preferred not to know about the mechanics of miracles . ’
2 This last section of the questionnaire relates solely to training — the opinions were recorded of those who had used the services of the ATB in the past and the expectations of those who , until this study , did not know of the existence of the ATB .
3 He did not know of the English habit of using such affectionate epithets rather haphazardly , and he was impressed that she should consider him her dear .
4 They did not know of the Indian hot springs nor of Chatterjee 's ideas .
5 The zeks did not know of the bitter trial of the breakdown .
6 Evidence from the period is confused but it is likely that Newcomen worked independently and did not know of the ideas of Papin and Savery .
7 The interesting feature of the case is that the corporation exacted the payments under a mistake of fact — they did not know that the limestone was to be burnt into lime , while the plaintiff made the payments under a mistake of law — he did not know of the exemption .
8 She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages .
9 Hecataeus did not know of the patriarchs and apparently had never heard of Hebrew kings .
10 However , even if Dr. Church and his partners did not know of the operation of that rule , many others in primary health care knew .
11 Zenith did not know of the existence of Acme 's program — no infringement of copyright .
12 But the two companies did not know of the other 's needs until they were brought together by Darlington Business Link .
13 ‘ Lord Aldington did not know about the massacre and brutality .
14 When we first arrived home from Hong Kong , we did not know about the aorta problem , so two days after our homecoming Michael went to London for a further two days of meetings .
15 A day later , Edouard still did not know about the baby .
16 Someone who did not know about the Müller-Lyer illusion being an illusion might well say , ‘ AB is shorter than BC ’ ( if the appearance was not misleading in this way we would not call it an ‘ illusion ’ ) .
17 She did not know about the incident at the Chagall museum , she knew nothing but her conviction that Joseph was a murderer .
18 ‘ So you did not know about the dog ? ’
19 The MP who went to sea at 14 did not know about the motion and said he appreciated the gesture .
20 I did not know at the time who had commissioned the poll , but I learned afterwards that it was the Conservative party .
21 They did not know at the beginning of the week how much they would bring home at the end .
22 Left staring at him while waiting for her full wits to return , Leith did not know for the moment what on earth was going on .
23 ‘ He told me , ’ said Hugh , ‘ as I think he told you , that he did not know in the darkness who the dead man might be .
24 Obviously he did not know from the look on his face .
25 Sun Life did not know before the move how many employees would choose to relocate from London to Bristol although , at the end of the exercise ( which was phased to ease potential business problems ) , 500 staff moved with the company .
26 10 things you did n't know about the Federation Cup
27 When she did n't know about the terrorists ' demands ? ’
28 Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities .
29 Or perhaps he felt he had no choice , perhaps he did n't know about the other places in the city which he could have gone to ; anyway he became a real regular , and soon he was there most nights , in fact every night , six nights a week , The Bar being open every day of the week except Monday , usually from the afternoon and always until three a.m. ( at least officially ) .
30 Although some patients do attend with a letter from their GP , many prefer to come directly to the clinic , as this saves time and possible embarrassment if they would rather that their family doctor did n't know about the particular problem .
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