Example sentences of "[modal v] n't know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Jessie herself , she had held her in her arms and reassured her that her Robbie would be all right , even though , from the scanty information given her by the nurse , she could n't know for sure if he would be . |
| 2 | ‘ In fact , it may not turn out to be a job at all , but without you we could n't know for sure . ’ |
| 3 | One trouble is that one would n't know for which integers k , if any , the replacement of x by x + k would change the given polynomial into Eisenstein form . |
| 4 | On the Dipper , if you had your eyes shut and your ears plugged up — so you could n't see or hear what was going on — and you just thought about how heavy or light you felt , and what was happening to your tummy — you would n't know for sure what was happening . |
| 5 | Answering this kind of question will inevitably involve you in a certain amount of guesswork , because you ca n't know for certain what has been going on , but some assumptions are more likely than others . |
| 6 | And he seems to think I may not get any worse , but we sha n't know for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 7 | He wo n't know for sure whether it 's a success until the time comes to deal with the excess stock . |
| 8 | ‘ We wo n't know for a couple of days but everything points to her having used large amounts of cocaine , ’ a senior detective told TODAY . |