Example sentences of "n't [adv] [verb] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I ca n't just remember what the word is now . |
| 2 | When we take a tuck or slip stitch card and try knitting it with a changes of colour , we do n't usually know what the result will be . |
| 3 | Now all schools try and communicate with parents about these things , but parents do n't always perceive what the schools are doing erm in , in the way that the schools would like . |
| 4 | He ca n't always remember what the symbols in the code stand for . |
| 5 | I do n't always believe what the Book of Remembering says . |
| 6 | But if you , if you look at a B two it makes sense , I mean I 've looked at B two 's and I have n't really understood what the one 's two 's and three's are for but now it makes sense to me so people who are B two makes more sense to them to know what |
| 7 | My fantasies were never about specific sexual activities , they were always on the level of some emotional transcendence — someone would come along and embrace me and that would be it ; I could n't really envisage what the nitty gritty practical things were . |
| 8 | I did n't really look what the others got . |
| 9 | There are general sort of comments that they do n't really know what the parish council does and they 're not very sure , erm , sort of it , it was mainly through the children 's card thing , perhaps a little bit of money that their child , you know did n't me meet any recognition but would n't it have been nice to know exactly what the picture had been for , and sort of the nitty- gritty does n't necessarily get filtered through . |
| 10 | ‘ Because it is so rare , we do n't really know what the outlook is , so we have to look on the bright side , ’ said Mrs Horby . |
| 11 | Oh , mm , I do n't , I do n't really know what the hot wax does . |
| 12 | you can play with them you 're you 're quite happy , but these other strange objects you do n't really know what the rules are . |
| 13 | And they do n't really know what the effects of what they 've drunk is going to be . |
| 14 | Perhaps he did n't even realize what the implication of living in a rectory was . |
| 15 | It 's the other kind of thinking I 've never been able to muster , the long-term stuff , ‘ Never confuse strategy with tactics , ’ one of my tutors advised me , but I ca n't even remember what the words mean . |
| 16 | Or a lousy hairbrush and a ca n't even remember what the present was , it was enthralling ! |
| 17 | Peggy did n't quite see how when she could n't even say what the thief looked like . |
| 18 | The film was called Never Take No for An Answer , but in my ignorance I did n't even know what the question was . |
| 19 | I do n't even know what The Velvet Underground is . |
| 20 | ‘ We do n't even know what the Reconciliation is . ’ |
| 21 | Most of them do n't even know what the Imajica is . |
| 22 | ‘ We do n't even know what the bloody thing looks like , ’ Julie added . |
| 23 | I would n't even know what the purpose would be for doing it , really . |
| 24 | I have n't quite grasped what the acquisitions policy is here . |
| 25 | ( Not , by the way , that I have my heart particularly set on a boy but , having grown up with only brothers , I do n't quite know what the female clichés look like . ) |
| 26 | I do n't quite know what the idea of the visit was , but the French Canadians had a similar one — anyway , everyone sold gold bricks to one another like mad . |
| 27 | ‘ And of course you do n't yet know what the terrorists ' demands will be , do you ? ’ |
| 28 | Apart from doing the job of Principal ( for which I shall need a lot of help from the Lord ) , and living as a Christian I do n't yet know what the Lord wants me to do out there . |
| 29 | Nigel could n't actually see what the doctor was writing on the other side of his desk , but he could guess . |
| 30 | Sometimes people do n't actually understand what the hell they mean , when they say it anyway . |