Example sentences of "do not know [subord] it be " in BNC.
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1 | And I 've seen chairs like that , I 've seen I do n't know whether it 's there but a couple of places , bedroom chairs , gorgeous things , you know ! |
2 | See I do n't know if it 's just part real or if he 's just trying to frighten me . |
3 | I had an awful pain in my chest and did not know whether it was a coronary or indigestion . |
4 | He did not know whether it was to be part of this year 's pay round , but it was in itself a ‘ cost-neutral ’ proposal . |
5 | There was something about it that made it different and she did not know if it was a horse in a class of its own or if that was the rider . |
6 | As we shall discuss in the next chapter , there is a lot more work to be done before the causal process underlying this relationship is laid bare : we do not know whether it is through buying a better diet or better medical care , for example , that richer countries improve their life expectancy . |
7 | We do not know whether it was deliberate . |
8 | Burger smiled : ‘ But there will be very few who do not know if it is left to you , dear . |
9 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
10 | I tried straw about two years ago , approx half a bale in a 1500 gallon pond , although I do not know if it was barley or wheat straw . |
11 | When I cried out , I did n't know whether it was with pain or pleasure . |
12 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
13 | Now I knew he was connected with sport but I did n't know whether it was cricket or football . |
14 | I did n't know whether it was fair to expect Toby to come and visit me . |
15 | Although Thomas did n't know whether it was poisonous , the creature surely had enough power to squeeze the life out of him . |
16 | and next week he 's got his first well she did n't know whether it was radiotherapy or chemotherapy . |
17 | he said he did n't know whether it was Pink Floyd |
18 | And erm and like she answered the phone and I did n't know whether it was so I go is is that Lucy ? |
19 | In fact he did n't know whether it were a child , he says you do n't know when it 's dark . |
20 | ‘ The trouble was we did n't know until it was too late exactly what had hit him . ’ |
21 | ‘ I did n't know if it was false alarm or they got my name confused , ’ he said . |
22 | He quite liked the feeling it gave him , but he did n't know if it was it or the drink was making him feel rather dizzy . |
23 | And I did n't know if it was bad what he was doing or if it was normal . |
24 | it was , it was actually there was a programme on television and my husband took me to the doctor and he said he felt I 'd been on it too long , I 'd been on it about six months and when I come off it , I come off it pretty quick and I ended up erm I did n't know what was wrong with me and it ended up I 've now got epilepsy , and they did n't know if it was caused through erm I took a stroke about three four month after that and then I got the epilepsy as well , so they do n't know if that me coming off it |
25 | She became aware that her heart was thumping rather hard , although she did n't know if it was from physical exertion , or the shock of suddenly seeing Julius again . |
26 | Her awareness of the hard body at her back was unbearably acute , and a shivering sigh shook her , but she did n't know if it was governed by despair or surrender . |
27 | Was he one of those people who told jokes with a perfectly straight face so that you did n't know if it was a joke or not ? |
28 | She did n't know if it was the lessening of daylight , or Simon 's mention of the Empress , but in a matter of seconds her entire body had become ice-cold , her hands and feet almost numb . |
29 | In spite of the heat she climbed the supposed three hundred and sixty-five steps to the Calvary , losing count around the end of April so did n't know if it was true or not . |
30 | I did n't know if it was safe to use the river . ’ |