Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] i [verb] [adv] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave such an unpleasant laugh with these last words that I did n't know what to say , and as I left the house I felt even more miserable . |
| 2 | ‘ We have been controlling games but still conceding goals and I do n't know why . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't explain how I feel in words and I do n't know what the future holds , ’ said Tamas , who has been granted political asylum and has applied for Hungarian citizenship . |
| 4 | were , there was bible teaching and all sorts but I do n't know . |
| 5 | How can I explain to my son why he should persevere with regular injections when I do n't know myself ? |
| 6 | For transgressions that I did n't know I 'd made ? |
| 7 | Once only was I able to talk to Hayward de vive voix , and that was at the Institute of Contemporary Arts , when I referred again to the housekeeper problem ; but in the end , for reasons that I do not know , our Greek candidate , who might have been an admirable choice , was not summoned for interview . |
| 8 | Everybody has read about out of body experiences and I do n't know if that is what it was , but I was not frightened by the person who was looking at me and the image that I had and that I still have in my mind is that it looked like me |
| 9 | Everybody has read about out of body experiences and I do n't know if that is what it was , but I was not frightened by the person who was looking at me and the image that I had and that I still have in my mind is that it looked like me . |
| 10 | Talei said later : ‘ I was thrilled to have found my real parents but I did n't know how I could possibly get out there . ’ |
| 11 | Well I 've got lots of acquaintances but I do n't know that I necessarily want to put them on the erm |
| 12 | It 's all to do with the C.O. He wanted to court-martial me , only I heard them trying to find me so I hid in the latrines and I do n't know what happened in the end . |
| 13 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 14 | I mean — um — I 'm phoning to let you know , because I 've finished the plans and I did n't know whether to send them or — ’ |
| 15 | I do n't suppose I 'd get anything from libraries that I do n't know already from the Colour Supplement article , or the interviews . |
| 16 | Of course , being in the army , he may get posted abroad one of these days and I do n't know if I want to leave London — it 's such jolly good fun now I 'm out . |
| 17 | I 've been in the trade for 29 years and I 've never known it this bad . |
| 18 | As one teacher trainer put it not long ago , ‘ I have been in education for 25 years and I have never known morale so low . |
| 19 | He 's older than his years and I do n't know how much longer he can last . ’ |
| 20 | I have n't seen Billy in years and I do n't know why he decided to have a night on the tiles on Sunday . |
| 21 | He must have been around for years but I did n't know what his name was . |
| 22 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 23 | Cos I was gon na use colours but I do n't know if it 's going to or not now . |
| 24 | I think they have made some positive statements but I do n't know whether it will work that way or not . ’ |
| 25 | This is carrying on a long tradition of Eastern Centre get-togethers for E H Os , we 've done residential courses every two years for I do n't know how many years . |
| 26 | Some very pretty specimens used to come into our garden and perch on the windowsills but I do n't know what kind of birds they were . |
| 27 | Mm , mm , I heard an interesting programme on Radio Shropshire which talked about the tailed bat , which brought out the historical importance of the building , and I learnt one or two things that I did n't know , apparently one of the very early carvings , who plays Sidney I think , and yet , yet it was n't er , destroyed until the next revolution took place . |
| 28 | Erm , some strange things that I did n't know about Jane , erm |
| 29 | things that I do n't know what they , yes , I think |
| 30 | Dustin , who , according to Yates , had ‘ the biggest supply of dirty stories that I 've ever known ’ , was in the habit of trying to shock everyone . |