Example sentences of "[not/n't] know [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But she did not know which of the many doors of the hall-way was that of their bedroom .
2 We do not know which of the library 's facilities and services should be offered to these different categories of user , and we would like the Committee 's guidance in codifying procedures .
3 ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East .
4 Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% .
5 Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three .
6 Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth .
7 I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto .
8 This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time .
9 We do not know anything about the nature of her illness .
10 Mr. Lloyd , counsel for the defendant , has attacked this part of the judgment by relying heavily on the proposition that Mrs. Steed did not know anything about the power of attorney and her status thereunder .
11 The trustees claim they did not know anything about the clause , are a voluntary body on low income and would be unable to pay a market rent and become responsible for maintenance .
12 Science can not know anything of the kind of necessities with which causes compel effects and does not need to suppose that there are any .
13 When he was asked on 3 June to protect the Catholics in Moorfields , he is said to have replied : ‘ You do not know anything of the business .
14 You 've got to have all that side of it , and if you 're in teaching it 's a bit ridiculous to be in any job if you do n't know something about the history of it .
15 I do n't know one from the other by name .
16 I do n't know which of the three of us was the more childishly involved in its decoration .
17 Do n't fall into the trap of trying to be too clever and changing a lot of different things at once — then if the problem goes away you still do n't know which of the possibilities was causing the difficulty .
18 When you are working back from the cosine , sine or tangent you do n't know which of the 2 possible angles is correct .
19 Carers are often confused because they do n't know which of the many agencies to go to .
20 Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked .
21 I do n't know him like the others . ’
22 I do n't know what about the lags for the wall
23 ‘ They wo n't know us at the station , in London , ’ said Jonathon suddenly .
24 Les Conn : The problem was John ( Bloom ) did n't know anybody in the music business except myself because I was quite well-known at that time in Tin Pan Alley .
25 No , I do n't know anybody in the flats .
26 I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England .
27 Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner .
28 ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too .
29 ‘ I did n't know it at the time .
30 I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again .
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