Example sentences of "he did n't know [pron] " in BNC.

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31 A friend of mine had this Firebird — I did n't know what I was buying , and he did n't know what he was sellin
32 And the person awarding the prizes had to admit that he did n't know what her time had been , even though she had run a superb race and had beaten the course record by a full four minutes .
33 He did n't know what Lewis meant about someone looking after the house but no doubt he , Adam , had at the time concocted some tale to keep his father quiet , to keep him away even .
34 Then Wayne would complain that he could n't memorize the next day 's dialogue if he did n't know what they were filming , and Huston , according to Wayne , replied , ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll improvise . ’
35 He did n't know what it was , but now it was n't small talk and he was n't just ticking over any more .
36 But he did n't know what it was , that was the trouble .
37 Napoleon lacked up-to-the-minute information at the crucial moment ; he did n't know what Bluücher was doing .
38 He held the gun as if he did n't know what it was , and looked at her .
39 That man , he did n't know what a comedian he was .
40 He said he did n't know what the UK operation would look like after the restructuring but said most resources would be concentrated in Switzerland : ‘ support and marketing is here , so there 's not much point in having it in the UK too . ’
41 Forgive him because he did n't know what he was doing .
42 He had been a year older than herself , almost painfully shy , but even then passionately interested in the plight of the working classes in Dublin , and determined to do something — although even he did n't know what — for them .
43 He leaned on her , not wholly unconscious , but she could tell he did n't know what was happening to him .
44 He did n't know what to do .
45 And Preston very tense behind the sofa , because when his nan called someone madam she meant business , and although he did n't know what adultery meant exactly he knew it was something smutty and another of the things the commandments came down pretty hard on .
46 He did n't know what else to do .
47 But then , he did n't know what she 'd done for him and was going to do .
48 He did n't know what had come over her , of late .
49 His hair was untidy ; his long thin hands hung below the leather-bound sleeves of the green corduroy jacket , dangling awkwardly as if he did n't know what to do with them .
50 He did n't know what to do .
51 By the time she was through he did n't know what he felt .
52 ‘ Yes , but when he gave those orders , he did n't know what we know — about something stopping you from going in .
53 ( He did n't know what a warrant was but he had often heard locals use the phrase when the RIC came to search their houses . )
54 He did n't know what to do next .
55 I ca n't explain , it was also the feeling that he did n't know what to do .
56 ( And the chap is alive now , I expect , that lived down there in St Margaret 's Low Street ; and he come and stood like that there : he did n't know what to do .
57 " The Shah wanted to go to America because he did n't know what Sullivan was reporting and did n't know what was happening in the US .
58 She sensed that he did n't know what to do with it , and did n't want to admit his ignorance .
59 " If he actually signed the letter it would be difficult to prove that he did n't know what was in it , " Sir Edmund observed .
60 He did n't know what he was doing .
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