Example sentences of "and we [verb] not know " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is so troubling is that the Discarded Image Lewis is there beside the bullying rhetorician , and we do not know which of them is going to speak next . |
| 2 | We do not know which , if any , funds are affected and we do not know whether there has been an over valuation or an under valuation . ’ |
| 3 | Many species are having to be brought into captivity merely as an emergency measure because we can not act fast enough , or effectively enough , in the wild and we do not know enough about most plants and animals to conserve them . |
| 4 | Most of Wordsworth 's readers who have left us their opinions were middle-class , but we must remember that he addressed his poetry to readers of all classes and we do not know how much the choice of natural subject matter may have meant to urban dwellers who lived out of sight of flowers and trees . |
| 5 | Most are difficult to trace ; their names are apt to be commonplace and we do not know where to commence looking for them . |
| 6 | For though it stands so isolated today from human kind , St Mary 's church was a mother-church for a wide area round about , as befitted the spiritual centre of a royal estate ; and we do not know how far back a building stood on this site . |
| 7 | We do not know anybody here except you , because Father is away and we do not know his address . |
| 8 | This has not yet been discovered and we do not know what the machines are for — rather as nineteenth-century people did not know about plutonium and nuclear reactors — so we do not know what such developments will lead to in terms of aesthetic and economic considerations , and eventually the effects on the landscape and the settlements in it . |
| 9 | Usually we do not know all the sites , and we do not know if they were all contemporary or only used seasonally . |
| 10 | The Secretary of State 's own consultant , Mr. Roy Stoner , the head of the Institute of Irrigation Studies at Southampton university , has not yet reported and we do not know what he will say . |
| 11 | A dark , sinister masque is being played out and we do not know whom to trust . |
| 12 | We found two women ( 6% ) who had rapid transit time and could be considered as having clinical diarrhoea but neither had consulted a doctor about it and we do not know when their diarrhoea began in relation to their operation . |
| 13 | The findings are strictly confidential and we do not know if these athletes were allowed to compete . |
| 14 | A senior officer said : ‘ We have not exhausted all our enquiries yet and we do not know for certain if those ransom calls were the work of cranks . |
| 15 | The experiments were short-lasting ; and we do n't know how much we can apply figures from medieval England , with small dies of low relief , to the ancient world . |
| 16 | ‘ But employees can only apply to take the leave in unbusy times for their department and we do n't know yet what the take-up is going to be . ’ |
| 17 | The plane might have been forced down by fighters or other enemy action , or had to land for some other reason , and we do n't know whether the men were able to get away all right or not . |
| 18 | ‘ We have not been able to account for him and we do n't know where he is and we 're very much interested in talking to him , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ Our little friend is still listening and we do n't know and have no means of knowing how sensitive its hearing is . |
| 20 | For that we need a key and we do n't know where the key is . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And we do n't know whether Bob is going to Finland yet . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm sorry to say but I think that we 're talking about this education day at the beginning of October and I mean god knows we 've known this is coming for , it 's almost as if we 've got to the brink of , you know like lemmings just about to throw ourselves off the cliff and we do n't know why we 're going to do it . |
| 23 | male world of the the guilds , the working men 's clubs , the freemasons , the rotarians , and even the pubs which have a predominately male culture and we do n't know what they 're saying about us behind our back and I think that is why there 's so much naivety about . |
| 24 | But perhaps we do n't really know enough and we do n't know where to go for information , I mean I do n't know er I , I I 'm not an expert but there are experts here , how would you assess the services available to people who feel they do need help , or for people who perhaps do n't know they need help ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd say she 's not there and she should be , and we do n't know where she is . |
| 26 | He 's mad , and we do n't know why . |
| 27 | And tomorrow comes and we do n't know . |
| 28 | Erm , I er , like everybody else , are very glad to see they 're gon na get their release , but do you know Dougie , erm , I for the life of me , can not understand , and we do n't know the full circumstances , how these people wander into a country like Iraq , which has a terrible reputation , and they do n't like us very much , you know , how does this happen ? |
| 29 | Teacher ( in role ) goes to them to seek advice : " Melric , our magician , has lost all his magic ; and we do n't know how to do anything . |
| 30 | Mars and we do n't know any moons do we ? |