Example sentences of "and they [verb] n't know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crosby in 1981 was a classic example : the voters lost a man they had known for thirty years and they did n't know who to vote for instead . |
| 2 | ‘ We had a bad time for the first 250 metres and they did n't know where we were but our cox Garry Herbert was brilliant . |
| 3 | So I said to them , ‘ Well , if I did n't talk you 'd say I was withdrawn , ’ and they did n't know how to answer that . |
| 4 | it was , it was actually there was a programme on television and my husband took me to the doctor and he said he felt I 'd been on it too long , I 'd been on it about six months and when I come off it , I come off it pretty quick and I ended up erm I did n't know what was wrong with me and it ended up I 've now got epilepsy , and they did n't know if it was caused through erm I took a stroke about three four month after that and then I got the epilepsy as well , so they do n't know if that me coming off it |
| 5 | They said I could only stay one week , but I stayed there for two , and they did n't know . |
| 6 | Their husbands were away and they did n't know if they 'd come back or not and er , one girl er th this was n't at the , near where I used to live at . |
| 7 | Oh yeah , lots of stuff made for the Army and and and they did n't know , I mean the manufacturers s sent the work to the hosiery dye- yards they they did n't know what they were sending or what they got , they just churned it all out and and that was it you know it were I could a lot of things about that . |
| 8 | ‘ The Russian physicians were there and they did n't know how to take the bodies out to be sent to Moscow . |
| 9 | Mother , father and two children , even the dog was dead , and they did n't know who killed them . |
| 10 | She said the girls they just stood there and they did n't know what to say to him . |
| 11 | I named a duck I had this letter come no no no no , I had this letter come , right , and it said now they 've got this duck and they did n't know what to call it and so Gemma said well I think erm Eileen , Auntie Eileen ought to name it so I , I was asked to name this duck . |
| 12 | No , no , but , bearing up , I mean they were made before his teeth were taken out , his plates had been gone , and they just add it , the , the extra teeth to it and they did n't know that it , it had n't , you know , taken all the rest of the teeth out , it was then going to be further up in his mouth |
| 13 | and they did n't know where she was |
| 14 | and they did n't know which one to watch there was two on at the same time so they picked one and she said if we had a video she said we could be taping the other one and he said how can you do that ? |
| 15 | But two cars took her out against and they believe that she 's gone to the airport and they did n't know where where she was excised . |
| 16 | I just did n't open my mouth , but I understood what they said and they did n't know . |
| 17 | and they did n't know I was there . |
| 18 | It 's difficult to judge the especially when the person that you for by someone just popping round and picking something up and they stay for ages , and they did n't know I was taping and then something clicked up in the middle of it . |
| 19 | ‘ They have got the banks peeling off and they do n't know how it 's going to operate … |
| 20 | ‘ What if it 's all changed and they do n't know me no more ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ They get on a bus and they do n't know where they 're going to . ’ |
| 22 | They come home to a nice bathed kid and they do n't know how much shit you 've wiped up during the day … |
| 23 | Their administration is in chaos and they do n't know who they owe or who owes them . |
| 24 | ‘ Young people in the Third World are being told it 's wonderful to smoke and they do n't know the problems it 's causing . ’ |
| 25 | And they do n't know what they 're missing . |
| 26 | All that matters is that we know and they do n't know that we do . ’ |
| 27 | And they do n't know that . |
| 28 | When she discovered , in the summer of 1977 , that 5,500 metres of plain cloth was ‘ hanging about in Helmond and they do n't know what to do with it ’ , she was appalled and gave orders for it to be made up into suitable garments immediately . |
| 29 | ‘ When people are faced with lots of troubles and they do n't know what to do , there 's always someone ready to say anything , just to get some power , ’ said Grimma . |
| 30 | they let them go out and they do n't know where they are , but the majority of of children that do it year in and running up to Christmas time they do exactly the same at Christmas , |