Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [not/n't] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose I should have noticed that the sand was all trampled but I was n't to know that the sandpit was the personal stamping ground of a large bull reindeer . |
| 2 | I sent her to a boarding school — not a very well chosen establishment , I 'm afraid , but I was n't to know . |
| 3 | As it happens , blackmail is a little out of my line , but she was n't to know that . |
| 4 | As it happened , Clara was wrong , but she was not to know she was wrong , and she suffered as much as though she had been right . |
| 5 | But she was not to know that he had had this desire , and went into the house with head bent , feeling that she had been a failure . |
| 6 | ‘ We got beaten today by the slow early pace which made her too keen and , in hindsight , a pacemaker would have helped , but we were n't to know that . |
| 7 | The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for . |
| 8 | It was a fool 's paradise , but they were n't to know that , and it was hardly surprising that few worried much about the maintenance of British-financed production . |
| 9 | It 's certainly the case that I appear to be hitched up with Tod like this , but he 's not to know I 'm here . |
| 10 | It had come to harm enough , but he was not to know that . |
| 11 | From there she could have travelled to France or Belgium but it is not known whether she boarded a ferry . |
| 12 | The police have improved both their procedures and their training , but it is not known whether social attitudes in general have changed greatly . |
| 13 | He also exhibited in Ulverston and in his diaries talks of preparations for big shows in Manchester and Liverpool , but it is not known if these took place . |
| 14 | Nevertheless the Act is based upon this distinction ; some other countries have followed the logic and applied the legislation to all forms of information systems , whether manual or electronic , but it is not known how effective such legislation is . |
| 15 | A charter to hold a market and an annual fair was granted in 1348 , but it is not known when the use was discontinued . |
| 16 | Amongst the items salvaged were a complete Merlin engine , propellers , guns and instruments and the Deputy Keeper of the RAF Museum , Jack Bruce , flew out to Berlin to inspect the items , but it is not known if any of the items were suitable for use . |
| 17 | But it is not known . |
| 18 | But it is not known whether TCR- β gene rearrangement or expression is required for such a transition , and no information is yet available on a role for TCR- α gene rearrangement or expression . |
| 19 | Perforated discs ( bi ) ( fig. 14 ) and the afore-mentioned zong came to designate heaven and earth , but it is not known whether this was their original meaning . |
| 20 | North American Indians , Polynesian and Micronesian Pacific islanders , Australian Aborigines , and Asian Indians are usually considered in these terms , but it is not known whether all human populations previously subject to severe ‘ feast and famine ’ conditions have a thrifty genotype . |
| 21 | The differential fee for night visits is intended to discourage general practitioners from using deputising services , but it is not known whether it has had this effect . |
| 22 | But it is not known how these skills relate to levels of proficiency or to the process of acquisition . |
| 23 | Oxyradical dependent photoemission of granulocytes stimulated by platelet activating factor has been detected in vivo in rat mesenteric microvascular beds , but it is not known if these reactive oxygen species are generated in vivo in the colonic mucosa because phagocytes may be activated during isolation procedures used in in vitro studies . |
| 24 | Our solutions containing rice derived glucose polymer promoted the highest water obsorption in the secretory state but it is not known whether increasing the polymer concentration ( but maintaining ORS hypotonicity ) would enhance water absorption by further stimulating active glucose transport or whether water absorption would be jeopardised , even by a moderate increase in osmolality . |
| 25 | Mrs Funnell had got used to this form of greeting , but it was n't known whether she appreciated it or not . |
| 26 | It was reported on TV-AM that there had been forty arrests as a result of the riot , but it was not known if any charges would be brought . |
| 27 | US authorities have promised only to ship the would-be immigrants from the Marshall Islands , but it was not known where they would be taken . |
| 28 | She said Mr Khamenei was hit but it was not known if he had died . |