Example sentences of "did n't know how [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever you think about sliced bread ( for myself , I detest it ) , we all know the expression meant we did n't know how we managed before it existed . |
| 2 | Cos I did n't know how we 'd of managed if we 'd had a big one ! |
| 3 | They both knew that they came out like kittens , they did n't know how they got in . |
| 4 | Erm I mean maybe they have n't had very much , but erm but in , in a sense there 's a sort of huge commitment on their part to that , because they actually , I remember some chap came over to do the talk and I think he 's got four kids and he said , well you know , I did n't know how my kids were going to react to people fine you know |
| 5 | She did n't know how she would live with the shame when it began to show . |
| 6 | She did n't know how she was going to do it , but somehow she had to get into conversation with her . |
| 7 | Benny did n't know how she was going to manage without her . |
| 8 | I knew I had to tell my wife what was happening , but I did n't know how she would react . |
| 9 | She did n't know how she 'd come by it , and she 'd only the vaguest memories of her journey to this place . |
| 10 | She did n't know how she felt . |
| 11 | Even now , she did n't know how she had managed it . |
| 12 | As the words formed themselves in her mind , she did n't know how she could ever utter them . |
| 13 | She did n't know how she knew that ; she just did . |
| 14 | She did n't know how she was going to contain her impatience , but it would not do to make an enemy of Mrs Whittaker . |
| 15 | Her face tightened with jealousy , terrible jealousy ; she did n't know how she 'd bear it if he started to talk about other women … |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't know how I was going to cope . ’ |
| 17 | Talei said later : ‘ I was thrilled to have found my real parents but I did n't know how I could possibly get out there . ’ |
| 18 | The doctors said they did n't know how I managed to carry on in such pain . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The last few weeks have been difficult because I did n't know how I was fixed . |
| 20 | ‘ The last few weeks have been difficult because I did n't know how I was fixed . |
| 21 | Also of course I did n't know how you 'd feel about it . ’ |
| 22 | I did n't know how you 'd feel about leaving Nicky , but after this I suppose … ’ |
| 23 | I did n't know how you could ever forgive me . |
| 24 | She did n't know how you got the chee , the nerve to do it ! |
| 25 | Not so much the compromises , the deceits , the hypocrisies affecting his work , his women , his children , even his friends , but the sense of despair and failure hovering over him , as though he was trapped and did n't know how it had happened or what he should or could do . |
| 26 | She did n't know how it happened , but she found herself in Mrs Lennox 's arms , who comforted her as though she were a child . |
| 27 | He did n't know how it had happened , but Sarah was giving all her maternal love to the wrong child . |
| 28 | It was a good trick , but only if the victim did n't know how it worked . |
| 29 | But we did n't know how it was going to go , so mentally we set a time limit on it . |
| 30 | I could see that would be more green , but I just did n't know how it was more fair . |