Example sentences of "do n't know " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what I 'd do with them . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know what to say . |
| 3 | Writers do n't know what is going on . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I do n't know , I was just sitting on the grass one day , down by the river . |
| 6 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 7 | I do n't know where on the map , I said . |
| 8 | Need something different but do n't know what . |
| 9 | Do n't know why . |
| 10 | You do n't know what it means . |
| 11 | You do n't know how much a growing girl needs , etc . |
| 12 | It takes a little time to sec that you 're not moving forward any more , either because you do n't know how or because there is n't anywhere to move forward to . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know what you mean , ’ Mrs Doran said stiffly . |
| 14 | You stand by the window with a pathetic glass of lemonade while all father 's secretaries drink champagne and try to make conversation with hoards of people who do n't know enough to speak English . |
| 15 | I do n't know why Ma and Father make us come . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know what 's got into you , young lady , ’ tut-tutted Cook . |
| 17 | Except that we do n't know whose hand . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know . |
| 20 | You do n't know how difficult it is . ’ |
| 21 | I really do n't know what to say . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know . |
| 23 | Why Martha transferred the money before she put her apron on I do n't know — I suppose it 's just that everyone has their own little routines for doing things . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know , I just found it . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't know how to do it — I never have known . |
| 26 | I do n't know how to approach this , but this is me , Sarah , your pathetically vile big sister , not able to find the words , but hoping you can see what I 'm trying to do — what I 'm trying to say — and please , please believe me when I say that I 'm not trying to run away from what I 've done , but if I could change somehow — obliterate — one thing I 've done in my life , one truly awful thing that I have done , it would be this . |
| 27 | ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’ |
| 28 | I used to teach Italian architecture many years ago and , I do n't know , I like it there I suppose . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ All these things recently , I do n't know if it 's just bad luck or me being stupid or what . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Dorothy , I do n't know quite how to put this , but is there something you 're not telling me that might help me understand this a bit better . |