Example sentences of "and [adv] do [not/n't] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately I have been unable to trace any documents after the survey , and so do not know exactly why the scheme fell through or even whether the bill was ever presented . |
| 2 | As she paced , unaware of the picture she presented of extreme agitation , she looked only at the ground , and so did not know that she was observed . |
| 3 | Another difficulty with the idea of the novel as an intentional act of communication is that until the writer has completed it he does n't know what it is that he is communicating , and perhaps does n't know even then . |
| 4 | Baldwin was half with him , but was ‘ suffering from sciatica and obviously did not know which way to turn in the midst of his conflicting advisers ’ . |
| 5 | I believe I did n't get gay-bashed partly because of the heterosexual relationship and partly because no one took my sexuality seriously because I was blind , and obviously did n't know what badge I was wearing . |
| 6 | Have you ever considered to stop to think , well it it might be your son , your daughter , who 's just passed their test , and that 's doing this in er and just does n't know any better . |
| 7 | The first reason is because people experience it much less than they used to and just do not know how to react — it is beyond their experience . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't know how good I could be and still do n't know that . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know how good I could be and still do n't know that . |
| 10 | I can still hear your laughter when I said , ‘ Who 's Patricia ? ’ and still do n't know why it was so funny but , God , you looked fine . |
| 11 | So my answer to the question A is , I am not against a new settlement , of the right scale in the right location , but it is not a panacea , it is not an answer to all the questions , now it 's being offered in terms of a balanced strategy , I say that balanced strategy as put forward does not work , certainly beyond two thousand and six , and may grind to a halt well before two thousand and six if rates of development proceed er as they have done in certain years in the past , so it 's very important to look at that , can we just revisit the public acceptance of the new settlement , of course the public have accepted it and welcomed it , it has certain attractions , I support those attractions , however it 's easy for the public to accept that when measured against certain sites specific proposals that were put to them when they did not know where the new settlement would be , and still do not know , when new settlement locations are put forward it will be quite a different scenario . |
| 12 | She had done so ; Rachel had not known how to handle it then , and still did not know ten years later . |
| 13 | But he 'd never known for certain and still did n't know now . |
| 14 | ‘ I will be out of contract at the start of August and honestly do n't know what is happening . |
| 15 | I had never been to Asia before and really did n't know what to expect . |
| 16 | He was in shock and really did not know what was happening . |
| 17 | I 'd never met people like this before and really did not know what to make of them . |
| 18 | It was a generation that had to be brave and now did not know how to be peaceful . |
| 19 | [ The ] new languages provided only very modest space for parody : these languages hardly know , and now do not know at all , sacred words , since they themselves were born to a significant extent out of a parody of the sacred word . |
| 20 | Imagine how difficult it is to look at the speaker if you can not tell the direction the voice is coming from , or if you can not hear his voice and maybe do n't know he is speaking . |
| 21 | She was n't one of these poor deprived kids who slipped in through an open window or an inadequately locked door and then did not know better than to steal a television or a video . |
| 22 | You get , you prepare tea and then do n't know whether |
| 23 | He could n't understand how I had been married and been in the bloody Air Force and yet did n't know . |
| 24 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |