Example sentences of "n't know [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 We are aware , in the novels we read , both of an authorial identification with the leading character or the first-person narrator , and of material that might constitute an authorial judgement in that respect : but we do n't know what the verdict is .
2 You do n't know what the hell you 're on about , you 've no idea at all .
3 ‘ I do n't know what the position is , ’ Lendl said disdainfully .
4 We did n't know what the risk factors were .
5 If you do n't know what the system is required to do ; you do n't know anything .
6 He did n't know what the medals were for .
7 The bemused Parisians did n't know what the fuck we were on about when we asked for the ‘ Adidas Centre ’ in several differing French accents .
8 It was also a lack of knowledge — 98 per cent of the people did n't know what the arguments were really about .
9 Casey went on : ‘ I do n't know what the hell he 's talking about . ’
10 It is very easy sometimes but with other works it is difficult if you get a score and you do n't know what the composer is thinking .
11 It is just that I do n't know what the man will do .
12 I do n't know what the drink was — brandy or whisky — I had that much , I had it twice , so that the lads had to see me home because I was more or less drunk .
13 ‘ I do n't know what the Prince will think of these bare walls ’ , Ann East said to her room-mates .
14 I do n't know what the others did but I made straight towards the front of the packed train , threading an unsteady way through seemingly endless sleeping cars ( passing my own berth ) , through the still busy central dining car , the full and raucous open-seat dayniter , three more sleeping cars , the crowded dome car ( dining room , kitchen , lounge , observation deck ) , another sleeping car , and finally reaching the horses .
15 Pembridge said last night : ‘ I do n't know what the background is — all I know is he elbowed me for no reason at Highbury .
16 But Coppell does not want a public slanging match , saying : ‘ People do n't know what the relationship is like , and it would be incorrect of me to say anything else .
17 I do n't know what the programmers were on when they made up this game , but as Boy 's Own once said about liquid E , if it comes in pints , I 'll have two !
18 ‘ The damned Soviets wo n't know what the hell hit them .
19 I do n't know what the landlord will say or do when 'e finds out , ’ she wailed .
20 I do n't know what the girl must have thought .
21 I do n't know what the Carters can be thinking of . ’
22 I do n't know what the hell I said but I went back and did it .
23 ‘ I do n't know what the reasons are because there has been nothing said to me , ’ he said .
24 I do n't know what the stumbling block is . ’
25 ‘ I do n't know what the landlord thought , but the locals were gobsmacked when us lot trooped in ! ’
26 ‘ We passed by some mash and pie shops today , and I do n't know WHAT THE F— THAT IS , and I do n't care what it is either .
27 I do n't say that that 's because you know what the Greeks are like because I do n't know what the Greeks are like .
28 They are concerned that agency staff and new staff who do n't know what the women have achieved will undermine progress , or even reverse it , by underestimating their capabilities .
29 It claims to be ahead of schedule with NT-on-Alpha , a relatively meaningless phrase since we do n't know what the real schedule is .
30 He said he did n't know what the UK operation would look like after the restructuring but said most resources would be concentrated in Switzerland : ‘ support and marketing is here , so there 's not much point in having it in the UK too . ’
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