Example sentences of "[not/n't] know [adv] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The wreck is important because we do not know just why it was there and how it was sunk ’ , explains Noel . |
2 | 's bank in Catford was just one of 's targets , we do not know exactly how he managed to penetrate their security , but he was undoubtedly helped by the fact that his main business is debt collecting , and he numbers most of the big banks among his clients . |
3 | She did not know exactly how she had arrived at the last overwhelming conviction , only that she had . |
4 | The appearance is such that if the viewer did not know better then he would say , ‘ AB is shorter than BC ’ . |
5 | I do not know how easy it will be to find Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow outside Japan . |
6 | She did not know how long she would have to carry the child , or when it would be born ; she had no one to ask except Mrs Seager , who was still insistent that they go soon . |
7 | He did not know how long he lay there but was woken by the sound of turning pages . |
8 | He did not know how long he had been sleeping but woke up hungry and decided to sneak into the kitchens for a tin of soup . |
9 | In fact , he was able to take the morning coach to Holborn and walk the brief distance to Clerkenwell , but the fare troubled him and he did not know how long he could afford to pay it . |
10 | But he did not know how long he would have to wait to do so . |
11 | When the Shah arrived , Morocco officials evidently did not know how long he planned to stay . |
12 | We do not know how long he stayed in Paris — it could have been as long as a decade . |
13 | I do not know how long I slept , but when I woke up , I was in the middle of a storm . |
14 | How can the council tax be easy to collect if the people who are responsible for collecting it simply do not know how much they must collect from each household ? |
15 | ‘ You do n't think , ’ Alida always said , ‘ you do not know how much we spend , simply to keep alive , you have no idea how much things cost . |
16 | Many firms do not know how much it costs to relocate staff . |
17 | I do n't know when when you got this , at that time it was correct that I was no longer working , that I 'd finished working for as it says here er Bill theatrical company on the fourth of September . |
18 | But two cars took her out against and they believe that she 's gone to the airport and they did n't know where where she was excised . |
19 | ‘ But Albion are the only suppliers of axles to the Dutch company and I do n't know where else they could get them . |
20 | ‘ I knew she went to a certain museum but I did n't know where else she went , nor any of her sources , nor what she paid for things . |
21 | I do n't know where else you 'll find one in Bromley do you ? |
22 | I do n't know where else you can go and look for nice fresh fruit . |
23 | I do n't know where else it would run — |
24 | He do n't know where either you or Brett is fer now . |
25 | Trouble is , trouble is you see if you er if you leave her alone you do n't know just how she 's gon na go on do ya ? |
26 | Do n't know well sometimes I playing like and this girl , Oh that 's stupid doing all this and , you know and she just like |
27 | Another group just said , they were rooms one through ten , and er one of the tank farm group said , we did n't know exactly where we were but this was I think the assumptions that Group two told me were er , were about that . |
28 | Well , I suppose the simple , the short answer is , we do n't know exactly how we do it . |
29 | But I still do n't know exactly how it happened . ’ |
30 | ‘ I do n't know exactly how it happened but yes , it was definitely me . ’ |