Example sentences of "not know a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we did translation , Xenophon , I do not know a word of it I do not think Greek alone makes me miserable , I am always miserable . |
| 2 | Upon being asked why he shed tears , he replied , ‘ It is indeed true that I do not know a word of the Gita . |
| 3 | He may not know a word of Burmese but he will share a fag with the interested Burman who is watching all that is going on , and as they puff away together contentedly , something intangible will pass from the one to the other . |
| 4 | The father of a friend of mine who went to visit relatives in Paris told us that he did not know a word of French but spoke the Parmigiano dialect all the time and got on very well . |
| 5 | The bar of the Skein of Geese was the kind of drinking establishment Harry detested : fiddly little bowls of cashew nuts and olives littering every surface ; an effeminate barman who looked as if he would not know a handpump from a cocktail umbrella ; lighting so subdued a fellow could not see to count his change ; and a tape of Glenn Miller standards that made him positively nostalgic for the reception area 's bastardized Vivaldi . |
| 6 | People in church do not usually sing when they either dislike or do not know a piece . |
| 7 | There was some evidence that a substantial number of pupils do not know a mnemonic for remembering the number of days in a month . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't know Alex well but you ca n't not know a lad who lives in the same street . ’ |
| 9 | Sally-Ann , unlike Rosemary , finds it a struggle and bitterly hurtful to dredge up her dreadful past — like Rosemary she has believed herself to be a doormat in society ; like Rosemary she has not known a childhood . |
| 10 | Since December , the strip has not known a day of quiet : the clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinian demonstrators are fought in towns and villages as well as in the eight refugee camps . |
| 11 | ‘ You have not known a man , ’ she said . |
| 12 | And then she recalled the words Emilia Frere had spoken : You have not known a man … you have not suffered at their nakedness . |
| 13 | There were other examples : Coleridge , Yeats and Browning were some of those caught out not knowing a hawk from a handsaw , or not even knowing what a handsaw was in the first place . |
| 14 | ‘ In the past many people did n't know a building was under threat until it was about to be demolished . |
| 15 | I do n't know a fig leaf |
| 16 | I did n't know a leg could be so heavy . |
| 17 | I do n't know a bottle from a safety-pin . " |
| 18 | They are quite certain I do n't know a word of Greek but even so they 're still very cautious . |
| 19 | Ri Rita said Ken said it was a Porshe , but when I asked Ken he said he did n't say it was a Porshe , he says I would n't know a Porshe if I 've seen one and I says yeah , that 's what Dave said , ha , ha , ha , cos you said oh Ken do n't know one car from another and , and that 's what he said |
| 20 | Oh I do n't know a weed I did . |
| 21 | We do n't know a Bill . |
| 22 | Oh I do n't know a bit excitement I think |
| 23 | Oh I do n't know a bit more for us for us women I think . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know a half of them — not a quarter ! ’ said Gabriel in a foolish panic . |
| 25 | You do n't know a person until you 've lived with them ! |
| 26 | You do n't know a name . |
| 27 | I do n't know a tup from a gimmer . |
| 28 | ‘ Maybe he does n't know a squeeze play from a loud foul , but once he senses he 's being got at he can be a vicious SOB . ’ |
| 29 | You know the situations where you 're in a I do n't know a meeting in some presentation and somebody wants you to give a vote of thanks have you ever had that , I had that Birmingham University one time . |
| 30 | You wo n't know a thing about it . |