Example sentences of "simply do [not/n't] [vb infin] what " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't blame Victor for being angry : I simply do n't know what happened to my tape recorder ; I 've never fouled it up before . ’ |
2 | At least one writer has speculated that Carver may recently have lost a son ( by circular argument , in that selfsame Stirling plague ) , but the truth is we simply do n't know what , if any , personal reference is composed into the music . |
3 | They thought it was broken , then they said it was just a bad sprain , but apparently they want to do another X-ray , so I simply do n't know what 's happening . |
4 | " We simply do n't know what to do about them , " said Clelia . |
5 | Honestly , Alice , I simply do n't know what to believe . |
6 | The company tours throughout the north of England , and opera-goers who never venture past the Watford Gap simply do n't know what they 're missing . |
7 | The stark fact is that , as with the dinosaurs , we simply do not know what Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon people actually looked like . |
8 | They simply did not know what was going on . |
9 | She simply did not know what they were on about . |
10 | Now he did look at Alice , and was able to sustain the look , though it was evident it was a strain , keeping his eyes on his daughter 's eyes ; he simply did not understand what he was seeing . |
11 | You often hear managers say that : ' I 've run out of ideas on how to deal with him … ’ or ‘ she could do so much better but I just ca n't seem to make any progress … ’ or ‘ he simply did n't do what I asked … ’ |
12 | Like most researchers , I simply did n't know what I was going to discover . |
13 | When we launched our Health and Beauty Club last year , we discovered that one in three members has a hair problem — and many simply did n't know what to do about it . |