Example sentences of "they [vb past] n't know [det] " 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 . |