Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | He affected not to know that I was terribly poor . |
| 2 | He pretends not to know me , which is n't too surprising , as we 've never met , but otherwise appears not too eccentric . |
| 3 | ‘ The White Rabbit had put on his spectacles , but he did not know where to start . |
| 4 | He did not know of one who had anything to thank the Flemyngs for , or old Menzies at the Castle . |
| 5 | As Cameron opened with his usual explanation of the Act , he did not know that the Reverend William McIvor , a tall whiskery man with coarse orange hair and very pale blue eyes , had stayed outside his manse , in the cover of a thick yew tree , and was listening hard with a hand cupped round his ear . |
| 6 | He did not know that in his last months he had developed a fatal heart condition . |
| 7 | He says he did not know it had been . |
| 8 | Mr Stockdale , however , said he did not know of Mr Carway 's record , despite having a long business relationship with him . |
| 9 | The Fates that are so careful to shut the doors of each successive life behind us had , in this case , been neglectful , and Charlie was looking , though that he did not know , where never man had been permitted to look with full knowledge since Time began . |
| 10 | Later , Mr Clay , who retired as general secretary in September , said he did not know whether he would receive the £8,000 or whether it would be used to offset the costs bill . |
| 11 | There was not a herb or flowering plant of any sort to be met on our walks that he did not know , and hardly one that was not invaluable as a remedy for some complaint . |
| 12 | The party who supplies the infant does so at his peril ; it will not avail him that he did not know that he was dealing with an infant , or that he thought that his position in life was such as to make the goods necessary , or that he did not know that the infant was already sufficiently supplied . |
| 13 | The party who supplies the infant does so at his peril ; it will not avail him that he did not know that he was dealing with an infant , or that he thought that his position in life was such as to make the goods necessary , or that he did not know that the infant was already sufficiently supplied . |
| 14 | After so many years , there was little about the game that he did not know , and tactically he was a highly skilled operator who , his players knew , would stay calm in a crisis . |
| 15 | But he did not know himself what it was and the impossibility of explaining made him turn his head at last and look across at the bright , rectangular picture Doyle was holding out . |
| 16 | His Spanish was almost non-existent , and he did not know how to study a foreign language , so I gave him lessons . |
| 17 | He did not know how to tell her that he was very , very sorry for being small , and for snivelling , and for ruining her life so that she could not go to America to be a film-star . |
| 18 | He did not know if she had written it down in the letter , or if the cake was to be his punishment for all the bad things he had done . |
| 19 | Still , he did not know what he should do tonight . |
| 20 | But Gaily knew that he would not go , not even once , to the club , though he did not know of any reason , beyond a feeling , a shrinking-back from an uncongenial world , a novelty , the element of surprise . |
| 21 | Would you like to … ’ but he did not know what . |
| 22 | I shouted that he did not know what he was talking about and held the telephone away from my face . |
| 23 | He did not know how he had got the door to this place to open . |
| 24 | This did not mean he did not know . |
| 25 | Reagan was shown a picture of Calero meeting him in the Oval Office ; he did not know who he was . |
| 26 | Clifford said he did not know which academic dress to wear as he had three London degrees , and ‘ I ca n't wear them all at once ’ . |
| 27 | He maintains that he did not know it was there . |
| 28 | Mr Moores said although he knew Mr Souness was ill , he did not know the extent of his condition until after the game . |
| 29 | He did not know until later that he had fouled Giggs . ’ |
| 30 | He did not know how much had been paid but believed it was less than £50m . |