Example sentences of "[vb past] n't know [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ As far as I know he did n't have enemies or friends either , but I did n't know him very well . ’
32 She said nothing for a moment , then : ‘ I did n't know him very well . ’
33 ‘ I did n't know him very well , I 'm afraid , ’ says Cryer .
34 I did n't know him very well but , yeah , anyway he erm
35 But I did n't know him very well but er he was , you know , seemed alright like I 've got nothing bad to say about him .
36 I did n't know him personally and I I would n't recognise him .
37 But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said .
38 I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock .
39 I 've got to do that twice a day which I did n't know we actually had to do when I started it .
40 I shot out a hand and gripped Mackie 's trouser leg and pulled with strength I did n't know I still had left .
41 He did n't know I always carry pistols under my cloak , and he may well ask why .
42 " I honestly did n't know you still had interests like that , Edith . "
43 ‘ He did n't know you then . ’
44 Perhaps if I did n't know you so intimately I could be convinced , but I know your sexuality and your demands — ’
45 I did n't know it either .
46 Well I do , I mean I did n't know it anyway .
47 Do you know how angry , I wish you did n't know it yet .
48 ‘ I did n't know it before . ’
49 I did n't know it then but I was receiving subliminal training for later business life .
50 I did n't know it then , but I know it now : both dogs were jealous of me .
51 The Sonar and Radar pioneers did n't know it then , but all the world now knows that bats , or rather natural selection working on bats , had perfected the system tens of millions of years earlier , and their " radar " achieves feats of detection and navigation that would strike an engineer dumb with admiration .
52 As with Gabby , we had n't known them long — almost unbelievably less than two years , but they already seemed to be old friends .
53 They had n't known her well at all , but for some inexplicable reason they seemed to take charge of the situation and to deal with it in a totally intuitive way .
54 He 'd been afraid in the rain blurring the windscreen that she 'd have called off , he had n't known her all that long .
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