Example sentences of "[prep] if he do [not/n't] know " in BNC.

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1 He has a way of standing with his hands by his side or behind his back , as if he does n't know what on earth to do with them .
2 Otley was looking the other way as if he did n't know me when I tried again with a pleasant , motherly woman with a shopping basket full of goodies .
3 Occasionally I 'd get up in the morning and there he 'd be in the kitchen , eating furiously , as if he did n't know where his next grub was coming from , as if each day was an adventure that could end anywhere .
4 Philip asked , as if he did n't know .
5 He held the gun as if he did n't know what it was , and looked at her .
6 His hair was untidy ; his long thin hands hung below the leather-bound sleeves of the green corduroy jacket , dangling awkwardly as if he did n't know what to do with them .
7 He came — she felt the moment in pain and sadness — but he continued to move , banging at her , clutching just that part of her that he needed , as if he 'd felt nothing , as if he did n't know when to stop .
8 Why are they doing this to me , Keith asks himself , as if he did n't know .
9 as if he did n't know already .
10 as if he did not know all this for himself , and was not endlessly wrestling , valiantly and incredulously , with the problem of his own chronic poverty !
11 Nothing could have been more controlled or correct , as if he did not know that his father had been driven out of the principality like a half-drowned rat , or a hound caught in a thunderstorm , and running for shelter with its tail between its legs .
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