Example sentences of "he did [not/n't] know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clifford said he did not know which academic dress to wear as he had three London degrees , and ‘ I ca n't wear them all at once ’ . |
| 2 | Homoeopathy did not help him either but at his third visit he commented that he did not know which came first , his sinus problem or his depression . |
| 3 | He did not know which building he would raze … but one would go . |
| 4 | Indeed , a business manager involved in trying to develop a portfolio analysis of SBUs recently stated to me that he knew that assessing the profitability of the different SBUs was a key step in determining market attractiveness , but he did not know which accounting concept was correct . |
| 5 | Nervous Tory candidate Tim Devlin admitted he did not know which way the vote would go . |
| 6 | But he did not know him , and would not have cared too greatly if he had . |
| 7 | He was a gentle , kind man but he did not know me , not in the carnal sense . |
| 8 | Still , he did not know what he should do tonight . |
| 9 | Would you like to … ’ but he did not know what . |
| 10 | I shouted that he did not know what he was talking about and held the telephone away from my face . |
| 11 | If there was something lacking in his life , he did not know what it was . |
| 12 | Charles stated that he did not know what was to take place , and would not have entered St Peter 's basilica if he had known . |
| 13 | Gouzenko had obvious reasons for perpetuating this myth and was always astute enough to embroider his story with whatever facts the listener wanted to hear , eventually becoming so vain that even he did not know what was truth or fiction . |
| 14 | With his junior staff loyally taking the blame and trying to pretend he knew nothing about it ( despite his signature on the 17 January presidential order ) , Reagan began to believe he had known nothing about it and it is possible that he did not know what he was signing . |
| 15 | When O put down the phone at the end of this first call , he did not know how to say goodbye to Boy ; he did not know what name to use . |
| 16 | ‘ Why of course they meet each other here , ’ Johnny declared , pretending he did not know what Luke was getting at . |
| 17 | Quinn protested he did not know what Zack was talking about — it would have been too phoney to know all the details without a reminder . |
| 18 | He did not know what was in the ‘ small print ’ of the contract between Orwell Transport and the tachograph analysis bureau that the company was using . |
| 19 | He did not know what to do with it , Hailsham being far too busy to read it at the time . |
| 20 | His prime minister , Mr Mitsotakis , did not stop him , either because he did not know what Mr Samaras was about to do or because he thought he could fudge the issue . |
| 21 | Although he knew the basic principles of assessment and care management by social services , he did not know what his own role in the process might be . |
| 22 | He did not know what to say , so he said , ‘ Thank you very much . ’ |
| 23 | At the same time he had sensed a tremor of — he did not know what . |
| 24 | He did not know what to think , or what to say . |
| 25 | For a moment he did not know what had been said . |
| 26 | He did not know what he could do . |
| 27 | He did not know what to believe . |
| 28 | He did not know what to do , or what to think . |
| 29 | He did not know what had possessed him the night before , yet , gradually , the sweetness she gave him began to dissolve his confusion ; his vivid spurt of pleasure returned to him and he looked across at her and asked , ‘ Will you be coming to the passeggiata next Saturday ? ’ |
| 30 | He returned with a symphonic battle piece , and when I asked if he realized the significance of the words he admitted he did not know what they meant ! ) |