Example sentences of "n't know [pron] be " in BNC.

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1 WHEN JOY Division recorded ‘ Closer ’ , they were n't to know it was their last album .
2 Is it possible to arrange that they be given blanks and do n't know which are the blanks and which are the real , because otherwise there 's a risk after you 've done this the schools will suspect that they 're low , and therefore they will add a little on to their blank or something like that .
3 We do n't know which is causing the most pain or even which event grieves us the most .
4 Or they are but I 'm not a very good person to bring out these effects , I do n't know which is true . ’
5 I do n't know which is worse — her drivel or you being daft enough to listen to it !
6 I do n't know which is most unlikely , but after studying in Louisiana , and spending a ghastly summer and a magical Christmas in New York , I have been savagely bitten by the travel bug , while writing the novel has become a way of life . ’
7 Er do n't know which is more expensive , actually .
8 I do n't know which is worse .
9 ‘ Now , I do n't know which is worse , the chigoes or the natives .
10 ‘ I do n't know which is worse , ’ she said plaintively , dumping the goulash down on the table and turning to the sink to strain the noodles .
11 It is particularly useful when you want to know the difference between 2 values , but you do n't know which is the larger .
12 ‘ I do n't know which is worse — being here alone in Bluebeard 's castle or being cooped up with Bluebeard himself … ! ’
13 ‘ I do n't know which is worse , that you do n't give a damn about respecting your commitment to her , or that you did n't think it would matter to me that you were — were trying to lure me into bed while all the time , you knew that you and she — ’
14 To which the noble replied : ‘ I do n't know which is cause , and which is effect . ’
15 ‘ I do n't know which is the madder , ’ Cranston muttered , ‘ the bear or Red Hand ! ’
16 I do n't know which is the more satisfying sight – the laden tables at the beginning or the empty ones at the end , after all our customers are gone and we are left happy in the knowledge that our efforts have helped to raise a wonderful total for Christian Aid . ’
17 I think that 's funny cos I do n't know which is which though .
18 I still do n't know do n't know which is the top grill the oven the top oven the bottom oven .
19 I do n't know which is your boati , oh I know , it 's in my bedroom cos you were making mummies all over it .
20 Sometimes , and Katherine did n't know which was worse , she would stamp round and rail , flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse .
21 I did n't know which was worse — his snot or his flob .
22 I do n't know which was more humiliating , that git 's performance , or the ape-like dance and inane grinning of Reg Pybus when I pulled him off .
23 She looked both vulnerable and infinitely desirable , and he did n't know which was more disturbing — or more dangerous .
24 She had not one , but two enemies to face , and did n't know which was more terrifying .
25 Writers do n't know what is going on .
26 ‘ We do n't know what is happening , but that may yet be allocated to women 's issues . ’
27 If that is n't guilt-inducing , 1 do n't know what is .
28 ‘ Because they do n't know what is happening out there , ’ Nicholas said .
29 ‘ I do n't know what is happening , ’ she thought .
30 If that 's not emotion I do n't know what is . ’
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