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Example sentences for "did not know what"

  • I did not know what reply to make to her question.

  • I did not know what answer to make Ovsyanikov, and I had not the courage to look him in the face.

  • I did not know what reply to make to Ovsyanikov.

  • He sat down beside her, holding her hand; but he did not know what to say; he did not know this woman--it seemed to him that he had never seen her before.

  • As soon as he was seated, he placed his hat on the chair next him, did not know what to do with his hands, placed them on his knees, then on the arms of the chair, and finally crossed his fingers as if in prayer.

  • I did not know what I was doing, for sorrow, and I ran out into the snow to throw myself off the cliff.

  • When she had finished, the baron saw that she was not delirious, but he did not know what to think, what to determine, or what to answer.

  • This occurred twice; I did not know what to do; there was some holy water at hand; I took some, and threw it in the direction of the figure, and then Satan never returned.

  • I did not know what to do, and I thought that people were partly in the right.

  • They gave me so many reasons the other way, that I did not know what to do.

  • I did not know what I was saying; only He did great things for me, in that He was pleased I should shed those tears, seeing that I so soon forgot that impression.

  • I laughed at him, and told him I did not know what I might come to hereafter, but as our case was now, I should make no scruple to take the first ship I came at to get our liberty; I only wished we could see one, and come at her.

  • If it had been the Protestant they had asked first, it had certainly made a martyr of me for I did not know what.

  • I did not know what a journey meant, but I was determined the readings should not be broken.

  • In those days I had never heard of the Duke of Grafton or Lord Sandwich, or any of the other people he talks about, and I did not know what it all meant, but the words went to my head like brandy.

  • He did not know what to do with himself, more homeless here in this street, which should have been his own, than in any other place.

  • He did not know what to do with his eyes; and his nose began to run with the excitement, and he had no pocket-handkerchief.

  • He laid the blame on the weather, but in reality he did not know what he would do with himself in there.

  • Sergey Ivanovitch was clever, cultivated, healthy, and energetic, and he did not know what use to make of his energy.

  • The ironical light died away in her eyes, but a different smile, a consciousness of something, he did not know what, and of quiet melancholy, came over her face.

  • More than that, he did not know what to say, how to look, how to move.

  • With rapid steps he went downstairs; he felt that he must do something, but he did not know what.

  • He had to talk so as not to be silent, and he did not know what to say, especially as his brother made no reply, and simply stared without dropping his eyes, and evidently penetrated to the inner meaning of each word.

  • Mr. Kent was so excited he did not know what to do.

  • Jack was so surprised he did not know what reply to make.

  • Nat, who, as was Jack, had been so surprised by the sudden turn of events that he did not know what to say.

  • His own words had a sententious sound in his ear and he felt that they were utterly inadequate, but he was fighting against heavy odds and did not know what to say.

  • He would have felt that he could dominate a baser affection and force it down to his will, by sheer strength of purpose, no matter at what cost; but he was met here by something he had never understood, and he did not know what to do.

  • He did not know what Hilda's nature might be, and this was an uncertain element in his calculations.

  • He did not know what to do, for he had never seen her cry before, and was indeed little accustomed to woman's weeping.

  • I did not know what was in store in the future for me.

  • I did not know what he meant by "The name.

  • I did not know what to do with it; but, anyhow, I thought I would make the best of a bad bargain.

  • I knew it would be utterly impossible for me to get away unseen, and I did not know what to do.

  • If Stoller felt his irony, he did not know what to answer.

  • He did not know what to do or say, with her blue eyes appealing from him to Philip Alston.

  • He did not know what it was that she wore.

  • He did not know what to do till he suddenly felt the urgency of the message to Ruth, and the thought of her made him turn and start running back to Cedar House.

  • I did not know what to say, or how to look.

  • When you prayed me for succor last night, I did not know what to do.

  • Tardif," I said, "I did not know what a good fellow you are, though I ought to have known it by this time.

  • I hope I shall be forgiven by you, and your mother, and God, for indeed I did not know what I was doing.

  • He seemed to come in my father's stead, and my step-mother urged and hurried on our marriage, and I did not know what I was doing.

  • To one of my friends he had appeared as an eagle, which meant that he was to be a warrior, keen and victorious; and to another as a fox, so that he studied cunning; but without any vision I did not know what to make of myself.

  • I did not know what to make of my life because the Holder of the Heavens had not revealed himself to me.

  • Therefore, we came away, seeking peace, and we did not know what to do when the Ho-Hé fell upon us.

  • I did not know what to do, for there was no way I could tell her I was sorry I had killed her husband; and the lad stood where she had pushed him, not making any noise at all but a sharp, steady breathing.

  • I did not know what to make of it, unless the excitement of the day had been too much for her sensitive nerves.

  • I did not know what time it was, but judged it must he near midnight.

  • Something weighed upon his head and chest and oppressed him, and he did not know what it was, whether it was the old people whispering, or the heavy smell of the sheepskin.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    coral reefs; dearly loved; did not; did not know how; did not know what; did not know where; did she; did the; did you; didactic poetry; diddle diddle; didna think; didst thou; divine love; fire broke; free life; great heaven; little figures; more delightful; people would; pretty betimes; said the young fellow; spiritual sense; vnto their; will accept; with the result that