Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] know [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not know where I was , but that did not stop me saying , ‘ I 'm here ’ . |
| 2 | It would be absurd if my wife were to accuse me of using the word ‘ here ’ without meaning , since I did not know where I was . |
| 3 | There was no mirror in the cottage but I did not know where or how to look . |
| 4 | Of the hundreds of prisoners who had escaped from the orphanage there were still a number hidden in the surrounding countryside , but I did not know where . |
| 5 | I did not know where to look ; at the girl now moaning with pleasure or Angus 's slack-mouthed face . |
| 6 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 7 | You have had a long life of service and time to look back on it and if I did not know how your arthritis troubles you and with what difficulty you pen your kind notes I would ask you to help me in this . |
| 8 | I did not know how Dickie heard over the noise of the running taps , but at her ‘ He 's got it ! |
| 9 | I wanted to object but I did not know how to do so . |
| 10 | It was of no importance to the success of my Superette that I did not know how Spratts Processed Peas were manufactured , therefore when running a football team it can be of no importance if Leslie and I do not know how many players it contains . |
| 11 | I did not know how many species of trees there were , maybe more than 1,000 . |
| 12 | I did not know how he would take all this ; but at the end of the interview he rose and said , ‘ I agree entirely with what you said at the beginning . |
| 13 | At the time of the Vatican conference , I did not know how to use the " no boundary " idea to make predictions about the universe . |
| 14 | But it appeared I did not know how lucky . |
| 15 | So this was death , I thought numbly ; and I did n't even know who was killing me , and I did n't know why . |
| 16 | I did n't know why I 'd agreed to attend this festival . |
| 17 | I did n't know you were going to do it , and after it had happened , I did n't know why . |
| 18 | I did n't know why , I just knew that the memory was unwelcome . |
| 19 | I apparently had the advantage , but I did n't know why . |
| 20 | I did n't know why I said what I said . |
| 21 | I knew I did n't measure up somehow , but I did n't know why , and I allowed that to spoil my life . |
| 22 | I did n't know why . |
| 23 | I touched the side of the tapered cylinder wonderingly , feeling something very calm and strong about it , though I did n't know why . |
| 24 | And no , I did n't know why Salome was driving around Kent at midnight on a Saturday . |
| 25 | It was alright , but I did n't know why it was good , or whether there was anything I should do better , it was just alright then , that 's it , I 've done it . |
| 26 | I heard her say you 've got your hands full but I did n't know why . |
| 27 | And I won , and I did n't know why . |
| 28 | I did n't know why they have n't done it before . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't know when you were returning . |
| 30 | When he did not speak , but just jerked his head as if a fly had buzzed near his ear and irritated him , when he did not greet her , not even by name , let alone with the caressing words she had so often uttered in her games of make-believe , Rosa began , murmuringly , ‘ I did n't know when to come down , I wanted to be sure no one was awake … . ’ |