Example sentences of "people [verb] [not/n't] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1990 , a Gallop Survey , found that most people did not know how to manage their money , and just muddled through . |
| 2 | Business deals would not be made where people did not know the other partner to the contract . |
| 3 | There was something in Mrs Maugham 's solid air of conscious rectitude that threw a faint shadow of guilt over everyone who approached her , though as often as not people did not know why they were guilty : her disapprovals were so vast and public , her approvals so private and ill-chartered that all immediately cast themselves as goats in the discrimination of her gaze . |
| 4 | She could understand why most people did not know it was there . |
| 5 | This has not yet been discovered and we do not know what the machines are for — rather as nineteenth-century people did not know about plutonium and nuclear reactors — so we do not know what such developments will lead to in terms of aesthetic and economic considerations , and eventually the effects on the landscape and the settlements in it . |
| 6 | The experiment of giving hard-currency incentives [ see p. 36855 ] had not worked properly because it had been introduced too late in the year and people did not know how to operate it . |
| 7 | It was also a lack of knowledge — 98 per cent of the people did n't know what the arguments were really about . |
| 8 | Then suddenly we had to leave for London , so I suppose the call-up people did n't know where I was . |
| 9 | As Margaret had said , what people did n't know could n't hurt them ; Anyway , Mickey and the boys were n't really bad . |
| 10 | Erm , one of the things we had on the stall is erm this erm application form for N H S charges , now many people including probably people here do n't know that erm , you do n't have to be on supplementary to get help and Ann knows actually , er if your getting any rent or rate rebate and you fill this in , you 'll get some help , in some cases quite considerable help , and I suggested that we had some of these on our store room , got some from Welfare Rights , and they went like hot cakes , because most people did n't know about this , so following that we shall have , we shall keep these on our stall and I 've more or less suggested that Lisa on Age Concern in the Leah Manning should have them there because she 's constantly getting enquiries on that , so she is going to do that . |
| 11 | Although the majority of the people did n't know I believe that came out after the war , but people who were affected , they knew exactly that their son or husband was in Dachau |
| 12 | But it , it , it caused an initial aggravation , but it 's only because people did n't know . |
| 13 | What a good talking point , people did n't know what the G M B was , did n't know what they actually truly stood for with all the publicity what we do , all the good work we do lately , locally . |
| 14 | I mean it was a very big operation , there could have been people alive in that plane , but er , as it happened , I , I think tragically they were both dead , but I mean , but people did n't know that . |
| 15 | fifties , all I can remember there was an all very stolid erm , people did n't know where they were yet , and erm , it er |
| 16 | ‘ In the past many people did n't know a building was under threat until it was about to be demolished . |
| 17 | That was my original they had a competition to look out for people who 've got ideas about this new idea , it was a ridiculous idea to do a competition cos people did n't know what they were entering for , half the parishes were n't notified about it , |
| 18 | there 's no problem there , erm , but because we do n't actually have a radio that gets us the World Service , the people did n't know what was going on , the only thing that we knew was that the air , because Riyadh is a military city |
| 19 | yeah , a lot of people did n't know you were pregnant again |
| 20 | Well in these days , but I mean years and years ago , I mean you , people did n't know what half of that 's going on because there was n't the media coverage any way . |
| 21 | People do n't know about London . |
| 22 | People do n't know how hard walking is when you really think about it . |
| 23 | Lots of people do n't know what happened next . |
| 24 | ‘ The thing that people do n't know is that there was a horrendous gap in between . |
| 25 | But Coppell does not want a public slanging match , saying : ‘ People do n't know what the relationship is like , and it would be incorrect of me to say anything else . |
| 26 | ‘ THE American people do n't know very much about the Balkans . |
| 27 | Cos that 's one reason a lot of Harlow people do n't know what 's on do n't erm you know they they do n't really have contact with erm they do n't always use Harvey . |
| 28 | What , at least it will enable you to know what the tropical species are because some of them have got quite weird and wonderful names and most people do n't know what some of them are . |
| 29 | But the young people do n't know , which is why they are often its victims . |
| 30 | ‘ I know Alf 's a figure of fun but people do n't know how good an actor Bryan is . |