Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] not know [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not therefore , admitting that we or they did not know before , insist that we do know now , since that would be to make different claims in circumstances that show no relevant difference . |
| 2 | It was then that I experienced a side of Max that I had not known before : he was most caring and attentive , almost maternal , getting doctors and nurses , staying with me and looking after me in every way . |
| 3 | ‘ I left my home — I ruined my life , except that I did not know then that I was doing so ! — only because my par … |
| 4 | They were n't speaking English , so I did n't know exactly what was said , but Anwar , after a glance , followed by a concerned closer study , followed by a little step to one side for a better angle , pointed anxiously at Changez 's arm . |
| 5 | When Diana became patron of the Welsh National Opera , one of the original five patronages she took on when she became Princess of Wales , she confessed that she did not know very much about opera — and that her principal love was ballet . |
| 6 | Mrs Stych protested coyly that she did not know enough about books to be of any use , while she wondered privately how she was going to fit this new commitment into her already overcrowded schedule of social events . |
| 7 | ‘ But I do n't think there 's anything in it that we did n't know already . ’ |
| 8 | The difference is that we did n't know then what we know now , we did n't know what would become of us ’ ; or ‘ We were so young and spilling over with everything inside ’ . |
| 9 | And if we can , do we learn anything that we did not know already ? |
| 10 | Before her marriage Anna had been taken up as one of the handful of pet Americans and now , although they did not know exactly what had happened , everybody in London sided with her . |
| 11 | While Wasps could relax and enjoy their Goldington Road romp , Bedford learned nothing that they did not know already . |
| 12 | In addition , four- and five-year-olds often said explicitly that they did not know less , or even asked what it meant . |
| 13 | It is at least possible that he did not know otherwise and that his father was responsible for this fiction , assuring his son that he truly was the child of British parents , though American-born . |
| 14 | His father had been too upset to talk to Darren about it and he had been sent to stay with an aunt that he did not know very well . |
| 15 | Mr Hull made it clear that he did not know very much about the paintings and that he was not an expert in them . |
| 16 | Walesa described Tyminski 's success as " an accident of Polish democracy " and claimed that he did not know enough about Poland to govern the country . |
| 17 | ‘ I think he had a great superficial knowledge , but if you delved too deeply you would probably have felt that he did n't know so much . |
| 18 | It was my first attempt at this and I did not know quite what to expect . |
| 19 | And that , well that was so nice and I did n't know quite what that 'd go , I just took that , that was the arrangement in the , in the foyer . |
| 20 | Its magnitude is only 9 according to official estimates ; I have never seen it with low-power binoculars , but I have suspected it with × 20 , though I would not have noticed it if I had not known just where it was . |
| 21 | If I had n't known otherwise I would have said that he meant every word of it . |
| 22 | ‘ If I did n't know just how much you like your job I might actually think you were looking for an escape from it . ’ |
| 23 | As he worked , Harry muttered , ‘ If I did n't know better , I 'd say that was your Mr Butler on the bed there . ’ |
| 24 | If I did n't know better , I 'd say Bolan and Starr were obviously partaking a bit too copiously at this time . |
| 25 | ‘ On returning , I mentioned to Ronnie that if I did n't know better — having miscarried only five weeks before — I 'd think I was pregnant , ’ remembers Allison . |
| 26 | If I did n't know better I 'd think there was a man on the horizon . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I could almost think she were real if I did n't know better , but unfortunately for you and your tales my detective is an expert . |
| 28 | If I did n't know better I 'd think he was trying to be as diplomatic possible in order to keep himself in line for the England job . |
| 29 | ‘ If I did n't know better , I might almost believe you . ’ |
| 30 | For an instant she told herself she had imagined the almost feral glint behind the long , dark lashes as Niall said casually , ‘ If I did n't know better , I might almost get the idea that you were jealous . ’ |