Example sentences of "know [Wh det] the world " in BNC.
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1 | " 'Pon my soul , I do n't know what the world 's comin' to . |
2 | For the older farm worker bafflement rather than militancy is therefore the more common response — ‘ I do n't know what the world is coming to . ’ |
3 | I do n't know what the world 's coming to . ’ |
4 | This sally produced a blustering but largely inarticulate monologue from which the words ‘ MP ’ , ‘ head of Scotland Yard ’ , ‘ no respect ’ , ‘ outrageous ’ , ‘ appalling ’ , ‘ risked my life in the service of my king ’ and ‘ do n't know what the world 's coming to ’ , cropped up from time to time . |
5 | It 's us and people out there , there is still people out there sighing and crying and groaning under the detestable things that are going on in this world , I 've no doubt you 've met many , but , when they say I do n't know what the world 's coming to , well if you know what 's in your magazines and then your literature and the reasoning book , all these lovely provisions , because you 've devoured it , you 've eaten it like that scroll that John was given , it was sweet to him was n't it ? |