Example sentences of "had [not/n't] know [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During lunch they talked mainly of Celia 's father ; she soon realized that Fowler-Troon had not known him well . |
| 2 | Brian came from her own home town , though she had not known him there : this had some significance , both acknowledged , though Liz could not have said what it was . |
| 3 | He gave a great sigh and if she had not known him better she might have thought , as he slumped forward , that he had expired on the spot . |
| 4 | She had not known him long enough to become accustomed to the impact of his looks , but she felt confident she could hide any extra fluttering of the pulse which he gave her . |
| 5 | It had been the confidence of ignorance , of course , but he had not known it then , for who at eighteen recognises such a thing ? |
| 6 | Royce 's seminars had acquainted Eliot with the second law of thermodynamics if he had not known it before . |
| 7 | As with Gabby , we had n't known them long — almost unbelievably less than two years , but they already seemed to be old friends . |
| 8 | They had n't known her well at all , but for some inexplicable reason they seemed to take charge of the situation and to deal with it in a totally intuitive way . |
| 9 | He 'd been afraid in the rain blurring the windscreen that she 'd have called off , he had n't known her all that long . |