Example sentences of "was n't know [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At least it was n't known to , to very many people at that time .
2 It certainly was n't known to Darwin .
3 The actual information you quote my Lord was n't known to me erm it was on the cards certainly and all this information was passed to Superintendent .
4 The address of Lowell 's cottage was n't known to her either , therefore the holdall would have to be taken to the home once shared by Lowell and Zoe .
5 Do you not think that almost regardless of the reply and whatever that reply contained , with what we now know with the benefit of hindsight about Liechtenstein , which was actually known by I M R O there 's not for the benefit of hindsight that was n't known at that time , should n't I M R O have refused immediately to license any organisation that was controlled out of Liechtenstein in those circumstances ?
6 The big man was n't given to introspection and he certainly was n't known for his sensitivity but even he was aware that the conversation had somehow been wrong , that it should n't have taken place , not with Martin .
7 Incidentally , he was n't known as Chief Education Officer , he was Secretary for Education , he only became Chief Education Officer after the war but erm he was the Controller of Shift E and most of the education staff were on Shift E.
8 It was n't known as a National Anthem , apparently until eighteen fifty-two .
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