Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't left there and I ca n't think what the chances are of finding it in a place this size . |
| 2 | But he ca n't discuss what the extracts reveal . |
| 3 | We are aware , in the novels we read , both of an authorial identification with the leading character or the first-person narrator , and of material that might constitute an authorial judgement in that respect : but we do n't know what the verdict is . |
| 4 | You do n't know what the hell you 're on about , you 've no idea at all . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know what the position is , ’ Lendl said disdainfully . |
| 6 | We did n't know what the risk factors were . |
| 7 | If you do n't know what the system is required to do ; you do n't know anything . |
| 8 | He did n't know what the medals were for . |
| 9 | The bemused Parisians did n't know what the fuck we were on about when we asked for the ‘ Adidas Centre ’ in several differing French accents . |
| 10 | It was also a lack of knowledge — 98 per cent of the people did n't know what the arguments were really about . |
| 11 | Casey went on : ‘ I do n't know what the hell he 's talking about . ’ |
| 12 | It is very easy sometimes but with other works it is difficult if you get a score and you do n't know what the composer is thinking . |
| 13 | It is just that I do n't know what the man will do . |
| 14 | I do n't know what the drink was — brandy or whisky — I had that much , I had it twice , so that the lads had to see me home because I was more or less drunk . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know what the Prince will think of these bare walls ’ , Ann East said to her room-mates . |
| 16 | I do n't know what the others did but I made straight towards the front of the packed train , threading an unsteady way through seemingly endless sleeping cars ( passing my own berth ) , through the still busy central dining car , the full and raucous open-seat dayniter , three more sleeping cars , the crowded dome car ( dining room , kitchen , lounge , observation deck ) , another sleeping car , and finally reaching the horses . |
| 17 | Pembridge said last night : ‘ I do n't know what the background is — all I know is he elbowed me for no reason at Highbury . |
| 18 | But Coppell does not want a public slanging match , saying : ‘ People do n't know what the relationship is like , and it would be incorrect of me to say anything else . |
| 19 | I do n't know what the programmers were on when they made up this game , but as Boy 's Own once said about liquid E , if it comes in pints , I 'll have two ! |
| 20 | ‘ The damned Soviets wo n't know what the hell hit them . |
| 21 | I do n't know what the landlord will say or do when 'e finds out , ’ she wailed . |
| 22 | I do n't know what the girl must have thought . |
| 23 | I do n't know what the Carters can be thinking of . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't know what the hell I said but I went back and did it . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know what the reasons are because there has been nothing said to me , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I do n't know what the stumbling block is . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know what the landlord thought , but the locals were gobsmacked when us lot trooped in ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We passed by some mash and pie shops today , and I do n't know WHAT THE F— THAT IS , and I do n't care what it is either . |
| 29 | I do n't say that that 's because you know what the Greeks are like because I do n't know what the Greeks are like . |
| 30 | They are concerned that agency staff and new staff who do n't know what the women have achieved will undermine progress , or even reverse it , by underestimating their capabilities . |