Example sentences of "[vb -s] n't know [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The man does n't know what on earth to do . ’
2 He has a way of standing with his hands by his side or behind his back , as if he does n't know what on earth to do with them .
3 So y y y you , you , you , you 've got at least three things which are all sort of brewing up there and you think good grief what a , what a , what a state to be in because the poor doctor does n't know what on earth to do , poor Jan does n't know , well it 's worse for Jan cos she 's sitting there thinking I 'm going potty or , you know , ca n't stand properly or you know is leaning over or , or numb down one side of her face or , or or whatever it was , it was i i it was the , the dizziness I think actually which which was most alarming .
4 He is deeply insecure and does n't expect love , never having received it before , yet he deals with Miranda 's death so matter-of-factly , hardly seeming upset at all , that he ca n't have cared for her very much as an individual , which is not surprising as he really does n't know her at all well .
5 James 's mum said to me , and she does n't know her from Adam , she said
6 There 's a lovely erm James Thurber cartoon which shows somebody sitting in a room and there 's a lovely party going around and everybody else is talking very animatedly and somebody 's looking over their shoulder and saying contemptuously , ‘ He does n't know anything except facts . ’
7 It is now suggested that ‘ he does n't know anything about politics ’ — in effect , that he is not medically qualified for his spin-doctoring consultancy .
8 He does n't know anything about hard men .
9 He does n't know anything about the baby , and I never want to see him again .
10 I said : ‘ George does n't know anything about fences .
11 my supervisor does n't know anything about writing an outline .
12 She does n't know anything about it .
13 B does n't know anything about the bike
14 I 've just visited my grandmother at the chapel of rest and I 'm pleased she does n't know anything about this
15 But I 've got this other kid , he 's twenty eight , and he 's absolutely a waste of time , he does n't know anything about it .
16 Well , cos David really does n't know anything about the air braking or anything like that .
17 it 's , probably he does n't know anything about it
18 from erm Andy there 's a party and a units party but he does n't know anything about a units party .
19 I hate this subject , especially with a teacher who does n't know anything about it .
20 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 .
21 Howard goes across to the man curiously , since he does n't know anyone in this city .
22 ‘ The goat does n't know it at first , but learns .
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