Example sentences of "not know [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We still do not know what the Government 's aims and objectives at Maastricht are . |
| 2 | He could not interpret the hand gestures and did not know what the offworlder was thinking . |
| 3 | We do not know what the staying-on rate will be until the autumn , and it is capable of further revision during the year . |
| 4 | The captain did not know what the craft was carrying , though that was not unusual , and the line was under contract partly for its discretion . |
| 5 | I do not know what the majority here or in the country may think about it . |
| 6 | She did not know what the message was : Lee in this state was no longer a lovelorn friend but a trauma . |
| 7 | I do not know what the hilarity is about , but please carry on . |
| 8 | It 's no excuse that the salesman did not know what the customer planned to do with the recorder , even if it is labelled with a warning about not taping copyright records or films . |
| 9 | I do not know what the Secretary of State is doing now to an article . |
| 10 | JOHN SMITH is preparing to launch the biggest tax assault ever on middle income families while claiming that he does not know what the effect of his tax hike will be on incentives , confidence or on the economy . |
| 11 | ‘ I do not know what the outcome will be as there are an awful lot of issues which are unclear . |
| 12 | She did not know what the matter was but knew instinctively that this was the right thing to do . |
| 13 | I have a car badge belonging to the 159 Motor Club but do not know what the club is , or was , and have been unable to find out . |
| 14 | We can not know what the future will bring ; nor did he . |
| 15 | We did not know what the future might hold and had to face the possibility that we may not see each other again . |
| 16 | Hankin , as well as the players , press and supporters , do not know what the future holds . |
| 17 | Scott replied : ‘ I do not know what the future may hold , but authorities have no power to provide cash now ’ . |
| 18 | Even the most experienced police interrogator can not entirely avoid leading questions , simply because he can not know what the witness actually knows or what really happened . |
| 19 | In the 1980S , as the communications industries multiplied and expanded , and the number of policy-actors and centres of decision ( local and regional as well as national ( proliferated , it often appeared that the right hand did not know what the left was doing . |
| 20 | So instead they hedge their comments and the end result is the person being appraised still does not know what the organization thinks of them . |
| 21 | I do not know what the answer is , but I know what the answer is not . |
| 22 | ( g ) We do not know what the mother said to Miss T. , because she has not chosen to tell the court , but it appears to be the fact that on the two occasions when Miss T. raised the issue of blood transfusions , she did so suddenly and ‘ out of the blue ’ without any inquiry from hospital staff and immediately following occasions when she had been alone with her mother . |
| 23 | I do not know what the sensuality of a man is . |
| 24 | At first Dinah did not understand ; the way he talked was strange to her , and in any case she did not know what the term meant . |
| 25 | ‘ Which means , ’ I concluded wearily , ‘ that we do not know who the murderer really is , although we suspect Moodie . |
| 26 | Timothy smiled , not knowing what the man was talking about . |
| 27 | The revenue is so desperate now because of this change in banks and building societies have left people not knowing what the situation is , and er there are millions , I 'm , I 'm not exaggerating there are twelve million , over two million pounds is being spent by the revenue on a new tax-back advert , sorry I did exaggerate , the idea is to remind about ten million people on all , on low income , that they could claim back tax which has been deducted from taxed savings . |
| 28 | Maybe an hour at most , ’ lied Lawrence , not knowing what the hell Cardiff wanted him for anyway . |
| 29 | Okay , is there , I do n't mind getting them shoes , but the thing is with , not knowing what the weather 's doing |
| 30 | Your belief , as I understand it , is that we should accept not knowing what the future will be like and that we should trust in the abilities of ourselves , and of everyone else , to be surprised by what happenS , to be changed by it , and to be able to react in new ways that at present we do not know ? |