Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I was determined to show them I could take a joke and the next time a big stork went over I pretended not to know what it was called and asked my girl . |
| 2 | She pretended not to know what he was referring to but he would not be fooled . |
| 3 | He screwed his eyes tightly shut and tried not to imagine what they were doing together in the room with the shuttered window . |
| 4 | He tried not to imagine what it would be like to drown in the Ankh . |
| 5 | Tried not to think what they were treading on . |
| 6 | She tried not to think what would happen . |
| 7 | She seemed not to notice what I realised almost at once — that Lili 's memory differed , not in essentials , but in flavour , from her own . |
| 8 | As she ate Maltesers from the box on her knee , apparently engrossed in the antics of Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck or pluto her left hand seemed not to know what her right was doing . |
| 9 | Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs . |
| 10 | Daak had looked confused : he marched straight to Ace , but seemed not to know what to do next . |
| 11 | But the Friar 's wits had not yet returned to him and he seemed not to hear what the Trapper said . |
| 12 | She hated not knowing what he was thinking , planning . |
| 13 | Kids are generally speaking um encouraged not to refuse what adults are doing to them . |
| 14 | I passed by , and was no longer recognised by anyone ; the unknown children did not smile at me ; and I dared not ask what had become of those I had known , whom I feared to recognise in these bent men exhausted by life . |
| 15 | She preferred not to consider what might occur should he find her again during one of these fits . |
| 16 | But he did not make what would have been his first competitive appearance for several years . |
| 17 | She did not care what money was given for repairs . |
| 18 | Anne did not like Clive , did not care what happened to him . |
| 19 | She did not care what her father thought . |
| 20 | ‘ The Prince did not care what promises had been made to the Englishman ; forcing Sharpe to dance would demonstrate to the Rifleman that the Prince commanded this headquarters . |
| 21 | But she did not care what Bert thought . |
| 22 | She had given herself totally up to him , and did not care what happened to her as long as she was with him . |
| 23 | Hindley did not care what they did , as long as they kept out of his way , and they did not care even if he punished them . |
| 24 | I realized that Hindley did not care what conditions he lived in , and Joseph clearly spent more time praying than cleaning . |
| 25 | But Garvey did not care what Gabriel believed , so long as he conducted himself on stage like the Angel Gabriel . |
| 26 | His excuse that he did not realise what he was being given was laughed at . |
| 27 | ‘ We did not realise what it meant and the more I have listened to them it is fair comment that they are saying it is too much . |
| 28 | He remembered little about the fires because he was under the influence of drink and did not realise what he was doing . |
| 29 | Until Wednesday , the worst manifestation of that was warning young Members that they would not get promoted if they did not do what they were told . |
| 30 | And she did not do what hedgehogs usually do when they find themselves in a bit of trouble : curl up in a tight , prickly ball . |