Example sentences of "[that] we [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have preferred it had their arguments led directly to immaterialism , and showed not merely that we do not know what qualities material objects have , but indeed that they have none , or even that there are no such objects . |
| 2 | It would be disingenuous , even for those of us who take another view , to pretend that we do not know what made an intelligent British traditionalist like Enoch Powell call for a halt to mass immigration some 20 years ago , and what made British governments of both parties follow his lead . |
| 3 | Of Henry , as of Edward III , we must admit that we do not know what his precise political ambitions in France were . |
| 4 | We should of course be aware that we do not know what Jesus himself said : we do not have his words verbatim . |
| 5 | The increasing numbers of dementia sufferers living alone ; the pressures on carers , will mean that the need for all services will increase and I would suggest that the level of our knowledge is such that we do not know what the " best " care for dementia sufferers is — and what may be best for sufferers may not be best for carers . |
| 6 | ‘ And perhaps it 's also better that we do n't know what you 're going to say next , ’ Talbot said . |
| 7 | The trouble is that we do n't know what that something is . |
| 8 | There 's a whole family of equations that could have been differentiated to give that we do n't know what C is . |
| 9 | You 're trying to blind us with all your scientific talk , so that we do n't see what you 're getting at , and leave you alone till it 's too late … ’ ‘ … you 're a wicked , evil man , like that other woman said , flying in the face of Nature and God … ’ ‘ … and what about Einstein ? |
| 10 | ‘ He did once say to me that we did n't know what we 'd got a hold of . |
| 11 | Everything was so sudden that we did n't know what to do , whether to stay where we were or to run . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I 'll tell you , but remember that we did n't know what we were going to find when we finally broke in . |