Example sentences of "[prep] if he [verb] [not/n't] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her husband , poor man , often left her ‘ as if he had not known her , and left her alone amongst them , choose how she might ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Philip asked , as if he did n't know . |
| 6 | He held the gun as if he did n't know what it was , and looked at her . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Why are they doing this to me , Keith asks himself , as if he did n't know . |
| 10 | as if he did n't know already . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | 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 . |