Example sentences of "did [not/n't] know [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was new and had come instead of his uncle who was ill , but the guards would not let him in because they did not know him by sight and they nearly threw him into the ditch before they would even let him go home . |
| 2 | But she did not know which of the many doors of the hall-way was that of their bedroom . |
| 3 | But he had already said something similar to Burun , and did not know which of his words had been repeated verbatim . |
| 4 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
| 5 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
| 6 | I did not know Salisbury well enough — Wendy did not know it at all — to grope my way to an hotel ( and , anyhow , we feared we had not enough money for a bed ) . |
| 7 | Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three . |
| 8 | Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth . |
| 9 | I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto . |
| 10 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
| 11 | Mr. Lloyd , counsel for the defendant , has attacked this part of the judgment by relying heavily on the proposition that Mrs. Steed did not know anything about the power of attorney and her status thereunder . |
| 12 | I myself did not know anything about this and having checked with Gillyan Ford and all Publicity Assistants , found that they too had had no previous indication of the requirement to scan adverts . |
| 13 | ‘ I was not suspicious at all and did not know anything about it . |
| 14 | The trustees claim they did not know anything about the clause , are a voluntary body on low income and would be unable to pay a market rent and become responsible for maintenance . |
| 15 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 16 | Did n't know her at all . |
| 17 | I did n't know her at all , other than to see her go into the house and out of the house . |
| 18 | I did n't know myself until relatively recently . |
| 19 | I did n't know myself until yesterday . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't know myself until just now , as I rode home from Burford . |
| 21 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 22 | Not only did this eventually solve the problem but , as Mrs. Dibble said , ‘ Please bear in mind that Lena did n't know me from Adam but she was so helpful and concerned , she took a chance on my honesty . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ When I used to come here first of all I did n't know everybody like now . |
| 24 | Before they met me , Steve and Paul were just petty criminals , did n't know nothing about nothing . |
| 25 | Because ee er , some of the subjects I brought to him but he did n't know nothing about them ! |
| 26 | And that was a , that was a good er I did n't know nothing about that you know until they er gave me . |
| 27 | he did n't know nothing about it |
| 28 | there 's a person down the bottom , you know in Paul 's old house , their little kid goes there , I did n't know nothing about it . |
| 29 | She did n't know what about . |
| 30 | and er you know I think coming to a , a university is a thing that you know like it 's a very sort of novel experience for a lot of people and you know certainly when I started the human psych course here , you know about twelve , thirteen years ago erm you know I did n't know what on earth was , was requ required and I agonized over work for quite , quite a long time and er |