Example sentences of "n't [adv] known " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It is n't widely known , ’ Niall advised drily .
2 None of this told the Colonel anything he had n't already known .
3 ‘ Now the fact that Mrs Hamilton is diabetic is n't generally known , Sister Jones , and Mrs Hamilton does n't want it to be .
4 Ellie , a silent watcher , and still hurting from all the accusations being hurled around upstairs , and who was n't exactly known for her commanding presence , took one look at Terry 's tear-stained face , and offered quietly , ‘ Will you let me have a look ? ’
5 ‘ Your sister is n't best known for her tact ; she had just informed one of the other models that she was too fat to wear shorts .
6 Perhaps down here in the countryside the people had n't ever known who the enemy was .
7 Because actually is n't internationally known .
8 I suppose that because she had n't really known me from an early age , she made a tremendous effort to get to know me later .
9 The humans had n't really known what to do about him .
10 I had n't really known what to expect , but it was n't this .
11 But where it is n't well known is the people who ought to know , and that 's the pensioners , you know th perhaps er your er parents , people er older than yourselves who are drawing state pension , and er the advertising seems to have gone astray .
12 It is n't even known where on Krakatoa the eruption was centred , but the chances are that it was Perboewetan , since the lava flows in the crater looked extremely fresh when they were examined in the nineteenth century .
13 It seemed that he had undeservedly passed an examination which he had n't even known he was taking .
14 Bits that she had n't even known existed .
15 She had n't even known herself where she would be staying until she had walked out of the station the day before and asked a taxi-driver to take her somewhere clean and as cheap as possible .
16 ‘ She was a friend of a friend — I had n't even known she was coming , but one look and I was arrogant enough to decide I was going to make her mine .
17 And the fire went straight to a place deep inside her body that she had n't even known existed until this moment .
18 As it was , she had to draw on reserves of courage she had n't even known she possessed just to get her through the opening number .
19 It was as though she 'd been let loose from shackles she had n't even known she 'd been wearing .
20 The tears , and this tiny little thing within her that she had n't even known was there .
21 Tonight from his office in Abingdon Mr Kennedy said he was horrified by the penalty and insisted that he did n't even known the case was on .
22 The total figures for the rest of the county are n't yet known .
23 The cause of the fire is n't yet known .
24 The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately .
25 The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately .
26 Although the cause of the fire is n't yet known , one of the men who owns the farm says that he 's not ruling out an arson attack .
27 The company said today that the number of redundancies is n't yet known .
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