Example sentences of "did [not/n't] know [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James Harris , writing in 1751 , saw that ‘ all Conversation passes between Particulars or Individuals ’ , and argued that when , at the formative stages of human language , a speaker met another whose name he did not know he addressed him by using ‘ , that is , Pointing , or Indication by the Finger or Hand , some traces of which are still to be observed as a part of that Action which naturally attends our speaking ’ . |
| 2 | He assured Helen , ‘ I did not know I loved you so tenderly until this trial , sweetheart ’ . |
| 3 | Well you did n't know her did you ? |
| 4 | Did n't know what to give you . |
| 5 | So far as her father was concerned , Molly did n't know what to call him . |
| 6 | I named a duck I had this letter come no no no no , I had this letter come , right , and it said now they 've got this duck and they did n't know what to call it and so Gemma said well I think erm Eileen , Auntie Eileen ought to name it so I , I was asked to name this duck . |
| 7 | She did n't know what made her say it but she felt proud , a lovely , running excitement went through her , like water . |
| 8 | Me that did n't know what to do I was n't gon na participate . |
| 9 | ‘ We did n't know what caused it . |
| 10 | It 's not cos she 's it , cos she 's like that you know I bought her summat , when ours were not , not very old , I did n't know what to get her and I bought her an ornament , she says oh I wish people 'd stop buying me ornaments I 've got too many , has to dust round them I thought you 'll get sod all next year |
| 11 | Did n't know what hit him did he ? |
| 12 | A DEADHEAD strewn Wembley , scene of the largest American rapid scale deployment since Saudi , did n't know what hit it . |
| 13 | A DEADHEAD strewn Wembley , scene of the largest American rapid scale deployment since Saudi , did n't know what hit it . |
| 14 | I did n't know what to buy her . |
| 15 | We thought we did n't know what to buy you and I know you like chocolates and I know you 've started to drink sherry , so I thought well |
| 16 | She did n't know what alerted her ; perhaps a slight tug on the back of the suit , perhaps a sixth sense . |
| 17 | I did n't know they sold them . |
| 18 | I did n't know we had them ! |
| 19 | I did n't know who shot them . |
| 20 | I told him I did n't know who shot me . |
| 21 | Mother , father and two children , even the dog was dead , and they did n't know who killed them . |
| 22 | She had been rehearsing a new song on the way to the Ritz , but did n't know who wrote it . |
| 23 | She did n't know she had it in her but she had felt the need to act . |
| 24 | She did n't know she thought he was just sleeping . |
| 25 | Oh I did n't know he had it so early I always thought it was the week before . |
| 26 | If I did n't know I doubt I would be sitting here , waiting for the dawn to stream , screaming derision through the louvres , waiting for my wife to die . |
| 27 | I did n't know I got I did n't know that I got such a deep voice . |
| 28 | Mum I did n't know I had them . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't know I had it in me — aspen tree similes — let alone love ! ’ |
| 30 | I simply did n't know I had it in me ! |