Example sentences of "not know [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I do not know about that kind of radical suggestion , but the police were very successful last year in closing down four domestic manufacturers of Ecstasy — hence the fact that most of the drug being sold on our streets comes from abroad , some from continental Europe .
2 With regard to the incident this morning , we do not know at this stage whether the injured man was operating a taxi or not .
3 But we shall not know for some time yet .
4 But the people who are running them often do not know of each other 's existence , or if they do , they find it difficult to cooperate with one another .
5 I repeat what I have said many times : I do not know of any person who pays taxes out of anything other than income .
6 He felt fairly confident that Nigel Steen , or whoever was mounting the campaign against her , did not know of any tie-up with Charles Paris .
7 My own society , SOLACE ( Society for the liberation of animals from cruelty and exploitation ) , claims no such thing and I do not know of any society that does .
8 Constanza agreed with much of what he had to say ; but he did not know of any way of not letting down Anna either .
9 I do not know of any study of this change which can answer that question in anything like a precise and well-documented fashion .
10 It was evident that he did not know of any solution . ’
11 But Gaily knew that he would not go , not even once , to the club , though he did not know of any reason , beyond a feeling , a shrinking-back from an uncongenial world , a novelty , the element of surprise .
12 I am not aware of any complaint of professional misconduct or disciplinary proceedings brought or to be brought against me in respect of any practice in a multi-national partnership/recognised body and I do not know of any cause for such proceedings to be brought .
13 ‘ At least six per cent said they would use the bus less often and I do not know of any business in this town which can afford to throw away six per cent of its income . ’
14 I do not know of any recipe .
15 Sally-Anne did not know of this conversation , of course , and by the next day she was her usual bouncing , energetic self , and it being Monday not only was it wash-day — oh , dear — but summer cleaning also began again , with everything being put back , and the whole place was shining and sweet-smelling , so that , Wednesday having come round , McAllister had sunk down into Dr Neil 's big armchair with a great , ‘ Phew , I 'm glad that 's all over ! ’ amusing Matey , whose soft spot for the girl who seemed to be making Dr Neil more reconciled to his lot grew greater every day .
16 Now a compression is , pressure on the brain , caused by fracture , bleed or blood clot now if a person has been suffering from concussion and it 's gone unnoticed , that bleed could be just carrying on and on and on and it could take up to four to five days before the compression shows itself so perhaps a week later they 're sitting down to breakfast saying ooh my head hurts , now the poor wife or husband , or whoever it is does n't know about that knock on the head that they had previously , unless somebody 's told them about it mm , so your casualty now is going to have this headache and a beauty , they 're going to be confused their levels of consciousness it will deteriorate face is very hot , dry flushed the pupils will become unequal and because of the pressure breathing becomes noisy if you feel the pulse , it 's going to be slow and strong and you will get paralysis on the opposite side to the compression , what are , what are the signs and symptoms of ?
17 Oh I do n't know about that guv .
18 Ev well I do n't know about this year mind but every Christmas I worked there she never paid us double time for anything over Christmas , she was always bought us a present .
19 The inspectors are aware that many people do n't know about this law so they will usually give just a warning to first offenders .
20 Yes , I do n't know about this class business .
21 They say , ‘ Do n't know about those neon lights , they 're sort of an acquired taste .
22 Furthermore , I never even hinted that Hartley did n't know about these tube factories in Czechoslovakia and China .
23 The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it .
24 Does it matter if they 're not erm , if they do n't know of each other 's existence ?
25 He said : ‘ I do n't know of any government that has actually falsified figures .
26 ‘ We do n't know of any decorating plans at present , ’ says a spokesman .
27 I do n't know of any boxing match that 's ever captured the interest of people and it was that night , course we never heard the result , not until we got to Egypt , you there was no wireless you see , you did n't know what was happening at all .
28 He knew what it was — tank sediment kept getting into the fuel pipe that fed the generator — but short of a total drain and cleanout , he did n't know of any way to cure it .
29 County Durham headteacher , Olwyn Gunn , a national executive member of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers , said : ‘ I really do n't know of any school where poverty is so bad that children are being treated like this . ’
30 I do n't know of any league penalty regarding players not turning up and not letting their opponents know in good time that they will not be playing .
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