Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] know not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was thinking of a little black cat gazing up at me with dim eyes ; Rozanov of I know not what — possibly Ulrike Meinhof . |
| 2 | And all at one her ‘ tip-toe ’ feeling came over her — a sudden joyous expectancy of she knew not what . |
| 3 | From Fulham to Harley Street was an extravagant removal , not the kind of move that young professional couples made , in those days , but the Headleands , ambitious , imaginative , self-appointed pioneers of they knew not what , had done it , and with aplomb . |
| 4 | With she knew not what power of self-denial Sarella tried to edge away so that Marc 's body was n't pressing so vibrantly against her own . |
| 5 | ( iii ) From their reading of pre-20th century literature , pupils should be encouraged to identify some of the major changes in English grammar over the centuries , eg the loss — except in some dialects and in religious uses — of thee and thou ; the simplification of the verb system eg from have , hast , hath , to have and has ; the change in the structure of negatives eg from I know not to I do n't know . |
| 6 | It is only through the sound doctrine of a rectilinear course that we can escape from I know not what false cycles discovered by false and deceitful sages . |
| 7 | This sudden attack , coming from they knew not where had been shattering , as no doubt it had been meant to be . |
| 8 | Yet still more to come ; more from he knew not where , this stuff — what was it ? |