Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] not know " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm In fact a simple formulation of this problem occurs in the opening paragraphs of À la Recherche , erm when the narrator writes this : ‘ When I woke in the middle of the night , I could not tell where I was , just as I did not know at first who I was . |
| 2 | The juniors were very earnest and keen cricketers and I always found umpiring a ticklish business as I do not know the rules . |
| 3 | ‘ We took her back to her Cheshire boarding school earlier this week after the half-term break but she was heartbroken as she did not know what had happened to the dog . |
| 4 | As we do not know exactly what will appear in second-hand booksellers ' catalogues , the choice of books will of necessity have to be left to us , but your certificate will state the title of the book which you have presented . |
| 5 | Nor can the stability argument be regarded as the last word , as we do not know whether general relativity itself will be valid right up to the space-time singularity . |
| 6 | Just as we do not know what to do with our bodies when they are alive , disposing of them when they are dead presents greater problems . |
| 7 | I tried to say perhaps this was not possible as we did not know what was outside the car park , walls , buildings . |
| 8 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 9 | He washed his jeans in the bath as he did not know how to use the washing machine , Mr Burke said . |