Example sentences of "can [not/n't] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's amazing how much you need to know , and you ca n't know it all . |
| 2 | Unless you were there , you ca n't know whether a film 's failings should be attributed to the writer 's incompetence or the director simply misunderstanding the script . |
| 3 | You ca n't know how many people would understand you , or who these people would be , what they would do , perhaps it 's like what you said earlier , none of your business . |
| 4 | She ca n't know how I value my freedom , Donald , the freedom to do what I like and take advantage of the opportunity to explore a new city , learn a new language , try my hand at a way of life I did n't know existed . |
| 5 | ‘ You ca n't know because you ca n't handle it . ’ |
| 6 | Answering this kind of question will inevitably involve you in a certain amount of guesswork , because you ca n't know for certain what has been going on , but some assumptions are more likely than others . |
| 7 | We ca n't know what would have happened if it had tried something else , nor ( and this is important ) what would have happened if someone else had tried the original solution . |
| 8 | Meredith cast her mind back over her last conversation with Harriet , ‘ One ca n't know what 's in a person 's mind . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Any questions you like provided that you know only your daughter can answer them ; the nickname of a childhood friend , for example , or the description of some pet she used to have , anything that she will know and her captors ca n't know . |
| 10 | It does n't know for certain , so it simply doubles whatever free space it thinks is left — after all the software is n't psychic and ca n't know what files are going to wind up on the hard disk . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't know what dreadful memories would be unleashed . |
| 12 | ‘ You ca n't know what this is like . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't know how I feel , ’ Madeleine protested . |
| 14 | ‘ But you ca n't know that , Harry , ’ Cora-Beth joined in the debate . |
| 15 | Anyway , you ca n't say that , you ca n't know . |
| 16 | There must be a God and he ca n't know anything about us . |
| 17 | I ca n't know if you succeeded in changing the course of my life , but it 's possible . |
| 18 | ‘ They ca n't know . |
| 19 | So Famlio ca n't know it either . |
| 20 | So just go for that I mean you see you 're looking for the pattern , you ca n't know ninety odd elements and what the carbonate of every one does , what the sulphate of every one , what the nitrate of each one , bicarbonate , hydrogen carbonate of each one . |
| 21 | " I ca n't know if you do n't tell me , Kate . " |
| 22 | There are some would-be events that are too improbable to be contemplated , but we ca n't know this until we have done a calculation . |
| 23 | ‘ Dana ca n't know about your sister ; if she did she would insist Garry return to his wife , ’ she said as sincerely as she could . |
| 24 | There 's nothing you ca n't know . |
| 25 | We ca n't know . |
| 26 | You ca n't know how much I 've wanted you , Lissa . ’ |
| 27 | Oh you can say you understand , you feel sympathetic , make all the right sounds , but you ca n't know , there 's no way , not the sense of not belonging , of being in a group but always outside it , always different . |
| 28 | You ca n't know that any more than I can ever know what it 's like giving birth to a child . |
| 29 | And still he wants to marry me — but he does not know , he ca n't know … |
| 30 | I mean until you 've had a go at the two you ca n't know . |