Example sentences of "n't [adv] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What this meal means in real terms is a member does n't necessarily know for sure why they have lost . |
| 2 | ‘ What can any manager in Scotland try that others wo n't already know about ? ’ says Walter Smith . |
| 3 | I must tell you , if you do n't already know from the newspapers , that he is cared for by a most responsive nurse who has been enabled by hormone therapy to breast feed him . |
| 4 | In general elections we , we do n't normally know for sure until a few weeks beforehand what the date of the election is going to be . |
| 5 | Ellie , a silent watcher , and still hurting from all the accusations being hurled around upstairs , and who was n't exactly known for her commanding presence , took one look at Terry 's tear-stained face , and offered quietly , ‘ Will you let me have a look ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Your sister is n't best known for her tact ; she had just informed one of the other models that she was too fat to wear shorts . |
| 7 | And as , as we said before , erm , many of the , erm people who lived in the poorer parts of erm the country , whether in urban or rural En erm England did n't really know about basic nutrition and and health I mean you just ate what was available but you did n't know why and so the government started this campaign to introduce you know knowledge about diet and how important it was . |
| 8 | She [ mother ] did n't really know about it until one day the doctor came here and … she said … |
| 9 | She did n't really know about that . |
| 10 | ‘ You mean , you do n't really know at all ? ’ |
| 11 | And that 's something we must do before the next meeting so that I can answer the questions , cos we do n't really know at this moment . |
| 12 | Erm , I do n't really know at the moment , I got ta look up and see what it needs , like and things to do and study , things like that . |
| 13 | Well that 's excellent of your compliments , although I do n't really know at the time , so |
| 14 | We did n't even know of the existence of electricity until a couple of centuries ago . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't even know of them until later on in my teens , after I 'd been recording for several years . |
| 16 | She did n't even know at what point friendship had turned into love , and if she had realised it when it happened the new bud of feeling might have blossomed crazily into hopeless longing and tongue-tied need … or perhaps it would have frosted away and died . |
| 17 | but I mean they were n't you know and I mean someone we did n't even know at all , so er you know all erm but I mean Lionel sat with the guy that organized it and the bus driver so he did n't feel out of it , you know , |
| 18 | They did n't even know about nomes ! |
| 19 | She said there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called … bromeliads , I think , and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and once you know the world is full of things like that your life is never the same . ’ |
| 20 | You might well find something that is exactly right for you that you did n't even know about earlier . |
| 21 | They do n't even know about that . |
| 22 | And there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called bromeliads and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and the world is full of things like that and now I know about them and I 'm never ever going to be able to see them and then you , ’ she gulped for breath , ‘ want me to come and live with you in a hole and wash your socks ! ’ |
| 23 | Poor Steve , he did n't even know about that adorable child . |
| 24 | Ironically , Candy had reached her conclusions on pretty scant evidence — she did n't even know about the heated moments in Adam 's arms — if she knew how strongly Rory had responded to his touch , she 'd be completely convinced . |
| 25 | Cos Chris was saying things like oh his , yeah he 's been to the funeral and erm he 's all of a sudden found that he 's got loads of cousins he did n't even know about . |
| 26 | And because like , he did n't even know about the love bites ! |
| 27 | Did n't even know about it . |
| 28 | There are a lot of archives , but there are even more archives than you imagine there are because there are actually erm a huge number of archives in private houses and castles in Germany that are not public archives , and a lot of people do n't even know about these . |
| 29 | I did n't even know like |
| 30 | The thousands of children who are born every year , we do n't even know in this country how many there are , because the figures the ca n't be kept , er er and these tend to be children erm born of er , anonymous donors and and I think that as a society we are wreaking such problems for the future , we 're creating secrets for families , and I would really like to hear from my fellow women here about that . |