Example sentences of "did [adv] know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought that her father probably now earned more than £100,000 a year , but she did not know for sure because it was nine years since she had last visited him , four years since she had last received a Christmas card from him . |
| 2 | What the precise purpose was of installing complex electronics in an old sailing vessel he did not know for sure , and Iain did not press him . |
| 3 | She knew , although she did not know for quite how long , she had been running aimlessly . |
| 4 | Ages recorded on death certificates ( and to a lesser extent on marriage certificates ) were not always accurate because the informant did not know for sure . |
| 5 | Left staring at him while waiting for her full wits to return , Leith did not know for the moment what on earth was going on . |
| 6 | O stared , he did n't know for how long , at him and his outstretched hand , wondering whether to gasp it , fill it with change , or knock it away ; and then he looked up , because he heard his train coming and also because he felt the hot wind on his face . |
| 7 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 8 | Grey you could say they were dark , if you did n't know for definite you could say they were dark trousers . |
| 9 | She still did n't know for sure if Chris had been murdered . |
| 10 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 11 | FitzAlan might suspect that something had happened between them , but he did n't know for sure . |
| 12 | That Mr er did live at the flat erm with his wife , there may have been children but we did n't know for certain and that the previous night two male persons appeared to have been there . |
| 13 | ‘ We knew the dangers and my husband Sammy and son Neil did n't know for sure we would come back . |