Example sentences of "they [verb] n't know [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got the impression that they did n't know each other all that well , that the marriage was fairly recent . ’ |
| 2 | They did n't know each other very well , Defries guessed . |
| 3 | They did n't know much but they told you what they did know in the most cryptic way possible to whet your appetite and make you speculate . |
| 4 | Both admitted they they did n't know much about gardens . |
| 5 | But they did n't know that . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ No , but they did n't know that , did they ? ’ he asked more moderately . |
| 7 | The animals were shipped out on Friday , but maybe they did n't know that . |
| 8 | In fact they did n't know any , except for Benny . |
| 9 | There were no games , partly because they did n't know any , partly because all five were united , in this if in nothing else , in the belief that dice , cards , charades , were a frivolous waste of time . |
| 10 | Of course not , I realized ; they did n't know any English . |
| 11 | But maybe cos there was no opportunity , they did n't see there to be I mean like they did n't know any better but as soon as , I mean things are rapidly changing they 're given the opportunity to erm I mean through the struggles to actually take charge of the conditions and to gain so some material and perhaps there was beginnings of them seeing that well perhaps we ought to look more to this sub-culture and to erm |
| 12 | Finally , they would be told ( though they did n't know this at the beginning ) to make fair copies of their poems , taking on any of the suggestions they 'd agreed with , as well as things that occurred to them later . |
| 13 | Secondly I think the sad thing is is that at one time the idea of the foyer bar was the fact that er mother 's and children go in for a coffee facility or tea facility now I 'm I 'm one of one of the problems about criticism is is perhaps they do n't know all the facts and one of the facts which I think astounded me was the actual local police stopped that and said that that was n't permissible for if you were selling alcohol then it did n't it was n't right that that children under age and young children were allowed in the same area and that was that was changed then we got a new a new police superintendent and he said it was permissible and then we got another super he went they do n't stay very long in Harlow and we got somebody else came along and he said no that is n't permissible so we got very schizophrenic about what you could do with the foyer bar one minute you could have and the idea of about telling people and there young mothers going shopping come here for coffee , cakes for the children etc stop that we 've now got a new superintendent in Harlow and I think with applied going back to him and saying well please advice us can we or ca n't we ? |
| 14 | Can signers from different countries communicate with each other even if they do n't know each others ' sign languages ? |
| 15 | Nationally seven children are abducted and killed by people they do n't know each year … a tragedy for each family but clearly not an everyday threat … |
| 16 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 17 | Now some of these Asian ladies , I feel sorry for them , they are strangers , they do n't know much about industrial life , they have led a very sheltered life , you know , and when they go to the toilet they go together . |
| 18 | Here are some sample questions and answers ; as you can see , they do n't know much , and lack the mental equipment for intuitive or imaginative leaps . |
| 19 | They do n't know much of what we can do |
| 20 | " We 're not going looking for them , genius — but they do n't know that , do they ? |
| 21 | And they do n't know that . |
| 22 | ‘ They do n't know that ! |
| 23 | It 's probably , maybe member 's ignorance that they do n't know that , that already a lot of work has been done on it . |
| 24 | They do n't know any songs all the way through , and they kept stopping . |
| 25 | ‘ Well — they do n't know any different , I suppose . |
| 26 | ‘ They do n't know any history , ’ the woman said . |
| 27 | Also , as staff expectations improve the ‘ they do n't know any better ’ policy so popular today will fade away . |
| 28 | Oh they do n't know half . |
| 29 | He said they do n't know half ! |
| 30 | But they do n't know half do they ? |