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 . ’
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