Example sentences of "they did n't [adv] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously both so drunk they did n't even understand correctly spoken English . |
| 2 | Recent surveys had revealed that although 59 per cent of the public were concerned about environmental pollution and its effect on human health and safety , 41 per cent admitted they did n't fully understand environmental issues . |
| 3 | However early performers and audiences construed the metaphors or the financial/numerical language , it is fairly certain that they did n't explicitly understand them in terms of Freeman 's image schemas , or as explicable in terms of their bodies . |
| 4 | Many students are shy , and , if they see that the librarian is busy , do n't like to explain that they did n't really understand what was being said . |
| 5 | Rumours of the civil war had reached the Dwarfs but they did n't really understand the situation . |