Example sentences of "do [not/n't] know [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He did not know of one who had anything to thank the Flemyngs for , or old Menzies at the Castle .
2 Mr Stockdale , however , said he did not know of Mr Carway 's record , despite having a long business relationship with him .
3 When it was taken up with the Headmaster he said that the boy 's name was not on the roll , they did not know of him .
4 But Gaily knew that he would not go , not even once , to the club , though he did not know of any reason , beyond a feeling , a shrinking-back from an uncongenial world , a novelty , the element of surprise .
5 This last section of the questionnaire relates solely to training — the opinions were recorded of those who had used the services of the ATB in the past and the expectations of those who , until this study , did not know of the existence of the ATB .
6 It was my view that float fishing would not be a good idea anyhow , for I did not know of any big bream swims close enough to the bank for a float cast .
7 It was evident that he did not know of any solution . ’
8 He did not know of the English habit of using such affectionate epithets rather haphazardly , and he was impressed that she should consider him her dear .
9 They did not know of the Indian hot springs nor of Chatterjee 's ideas .
10 The zeks did not know of the bitter trial of the breakdown .
11 It is widely believed both within TDC and by its critics that the relatively high pay levels established by the reforming directors of the 1950s and 1960s led to applications by , and the recruitment of , men who did not know of or subscribe to the old codes .
12 Evidence from the period is confused but it is likely that Newcomen worked independently and did not know of the ideas of Papin and Savery .
13 It can not be said of Barth that he did not know of evolution !
14 Constanza agreed with much of what he had to say ; but he did not know of any way of not letting down Anna either .
15 The interesting feature of the case is that the corporation exacted the payments under a mistake of fact — they did not know that the limestone was to be burnt into lime , while the plaintiff made the payments under a mistake of law — he did not know of the exemption .
16 She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages .
17 If on the other hand you specify the languages in advance , you may be leaving out a language group in which there are people who want to train that you did not know of .
18 more reluctant to so infer , particularly where the applicant did not know of his right to object at that stage .
19 He felt fairly confident that Nigel Steen , or whoever was mounting the campaign against her , did not know of any tie-up with Charles Paris .
20 He did not know of it , a thought which after a few minutes occurred to Wainfleet when Wickham encountered him in the pub .
21 Hecataeus did not know of the patriarchs and apparently had never heard of Hebrew kings .
22 We did not know of tourists and helicopters .
23 Sally-Anne did not know of this conversation , of course , and by the next day she was her usual bouncing , energetic self , and it being Monday not only was it wash-day — oh , dear — but summer cleaning also began again , with everything being put back , and the whole place was shining and sweet-smelling , so that , Wednesday having come round , McAllister had sunk down into Dr Neil 's big armchair with a great , ‘ Phew , I 'm glad that 's all over ! ’ amusing Matey , whose soft spot for the girl who seemed to be making Dr Neil more reconciled to his lot grew greater every day .
24 However , even if Dr. Church and his partners did not know of the operation of that rule , many others in primary health care knew .
25 An embittered West Country clothier complained in 1739 that the only persons who supported the poor were those who did not know of " the insolence , idleness , debauchery , frauds and dishonesty " of the weavers .
26 Zenith did not know of the existence of Acme 's program — no infringement of copyright .
27 But the two companies did not know of the other 's needs until they were brought together by Darlington Business Link .
28 This is despite the fact that according to the law report the police officers did not know to which specific pits the pickets were travelling and that some of the evidence of violence on which the police officers relied was that which they had gathered from press and television reports .
29 ‘ Lord Aldington did not know about the massacre and brutality .
30 In Darwin 's lifetime , physicists did not know about radioactivity , and therefore thought that the earth would cool down rather quickly .
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