Example sentences of "not know [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But she did not know which of the many doors of the hall-way was that of their bedroom .
2 We do not know which of the library 's facilities and services should be offered to these different categories of user , and we would like the Committee 's guidance in codifying procedures .
3 ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East .
4 Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% .
5 Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three .
6 Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth .
7 I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto .
8 This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time .
9 We do not know anything about the nature of her illness .
10 Mr. Lloyd , counsel for the defendant , has attacked this part of the judgment by relying heavily on the proposition that Mrs. Steed did not know anything about the power of attorney and her status thereunder .
11 The trustees claim they did not know anything about the clause , are a voluntary body on low income and would be unable to pay a market rent and become responsible for maintenance .
12 Science can not know anything of the kind of necessities with which causes compel effects and does not need to suppose that there are any .
13 When he was asked on 3 June to protect the Catholics in Moorfields , he is said to have replied : ‘ You do not know anything of the business .
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