Example sentences of "that they [verb] not [vb infin] what " in BNC.

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1 The Government can not say , as an excuse , that they did not know what was going on and how it could escalate .
2 Are you saying that they did n't mean what they said then ?
3 in order to ha to achieve one 's goals , are you saying that how look well you 've just got to assume that they were wrong that they did n't mean what they said ?
4 Too many of us now say that they did n't know what was going on , and that they were long opposed to what was happening .
5 They looked me over , said that they did n't know what it was and sent me home .
6 If the former , then consumers have money in their bank accounts or pockets that they do not know what to do with and may therefore not mind increased taxation to pay for schools , hospitals , and the social services .
7 They may refuse to respond , on the grounds that they do not know what tiv means ( see Carey , 1978 ) ; they may ask what tiv means , and having been told to guess , offer a response ; or they may select a response without querying tiv .
8 That they do not know what you seek as well as your intention of rooting out any trace of an ancient order .
9 Nor can teachers any longer be allowed to say that they do not know what will be required of their pupils three , six or eight years later .
10 They spend so much time thinking about mathematical problems that they do not notice what is happening around them .
11 Another way might be to raise your hand — a bit more tiring if some are so engaged in their work that they do n't stop what they 're doing for a couple of minutes .
12 Anybody working with chemicals should know , they are very silly to work with a chemical that they do n't know what it could do , the first aid treatment , in fact , erm , anybody here work with chemicals ?
13 Few witnesses in court refuse ‘ to tell the truth , the whole truth and nothing but the truth ’ on the grounds that they do n't know what the truth is or how to tell it .
14 these people ca n't say then w what our , that they do n't know what our intentions are .
15 Nobody can pretend for a minute that they do n't know what 's going on .
16 We have acquired the habit of assuming that they do n't know what they want , do n't want to decide anything about their own lives and have nothing to contribute .
17 And , and the fact that they do n't know what 's gon na happen , how to contain all this
18 But for them it feels like such a disaster after the first phase , that they do n't know what to do about it .
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