Example sentences of "n't know [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 You 've got to have all that side of it , and if you 're in teaching it 's a bit ridiculous to be in any job if you do n't know something about the history of it .
2 I do n't know one from the other by name .
3 I do n't know which of the three of us was the more childishly involved in its decoration .
4 Do n't fall into the trap of trying to be too clever and changing a lot of different things at once — then if the problem goes away you still do n't know which of the possibilities was causing the difficulty .
5 When you are working back from the cosine , sine or tangent you do n't know which of the 2 possible angles is correct .
6 Carers are often confused because they do n't know which of the many agencies to go to .
7 Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked .
8 I do n't know him like the others . ’
9 I do n't know what about the lags for the wall
10 ‘ They wo n't know us at the station , in London , ’ said Jonathon suddenly .
11 Les Conn : The problem was John ( Bloom ) did n't know anybody in the music business except myself because I was quite well-known at that time in Tin Pan Alley .
12 No , I do n't know anybody in the flats .
13 I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England .
14 Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner .
15 ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too .
16 ‘ I did n't know it at the time .
17 I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again .
18 Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks .
19 ‘ I do n't know anything of the sort . ’
20 If they answer the phone and say they do n't know anything about the bed-and-breakfast bookings , a customer could be lost immediately .
21 Oh , you do n't know anything about the plans he had for his dear daughter , and you stand there and talk of her marrying a man from the lowest scum family in Newcastle .
22 ‘ He did n't know anything about the guitar .
23 ‘ I do n't know anything about the Bamford Hunt , ’ Meredith said , suddenly finding him unattractive and pushy , his manner hectoring , and disliking both the way he assumed she would agree with him and the arrogance he displayed in failing to give any reason why she should do as he asked .
24 He says : ‘ I did n't know anything about the posters and I 'm pretty upset .
25 When I first decided to go into acting , my mother went mad — it was quite understandable , we did n't know anything about the acting profession .
26 I did n't know anything about the way some birds use warm air currents to help their flight .
27 ‘ You do n't know anything about the card game in Room 42 at the Regal Arms , do you ? ’
28 ‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’
29 He does n't know anything about the baby , and I never want to see him again .
30 ‘ I do n't know anything about the book , I do n't even think he 'd started writing it . ’
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