Again he heard the old operatic airs, and again she came tripping toward him, leaning on her old father's arm, and pretending (with such a charming, delicious, serio-comic pretense) to be listening to the music, and quite unaware of the admiration of half a dozen open-mouthed cavalry officers.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

The young man was quite unconscious of the action, which was so indirect that, if Farfrae had observed it, he might almost have regarded it as an idle outstretching of the arm.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

Mr. Stuart was struggling with his gloves, and, quite unconscious of the astonishment of his new maid, impatiently repeated his request.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

I learn all in the silence of my apartments,—for instance, I see all the newspapers, every periodical, as well as every new piece of music; and by thus watching the course of the life of others, I learned what had transpired this morning in the House of Peers, and what was to take place this evening; then I wrote.’ “‘Then,’ remarked the president, ‘the Count of Monte Cristo knows nothing of your present proceedings?’—‘He is quite unaware of them, and I have but one fear, which is that he should disapprove of what I have done.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

The wearer of this unusual dress, who seemed quite unconscious of the attention it was attracting, stood a moment in the centre of the box, discussing with Mrs. Welland the propriety of taking the latter's place in the front right-hand corner; then she yielded with a slight smile, and seated herself in line with Mrs. Welland's sister-in-law, Mrs. Lovell Mingott, who was installed in the opposite corner.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

They alighted on the floor, quite unashamed of themselves, and the youngest one had already forgotten his home.
— from Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

They alighted on the floor, quite unashamed of themselves; and the youngest one had already forgotten his home.
— from Peter and Wendy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

She stood at the altar quite unconscious of the awful rite that was in progress: she did not hear a word—she did not see a thing that was passing: her whole sense and energy—her very principle of life, were bound in the torpor of despair.
— from Hildebrand; or, The Days of Queen Elizabeth, An Historic Romance, Vol. 3 of 3 by Anonymous

Her face was ashy pale,—pale even as that of her dead soldier,—and she seemed quite unconscious of the approach of the Highlanders, who could not be restrained from making an involuntary halt.
— from The Romance of War; or, The Highlanders in Spain, Volume 2 (of 3) by James Grant

All that is needed is to tell a suitably predisposed person during the hypnotic trance that he cannot feel his limb, and he will be quite unaware of the attitudes into which you may throw it.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2 (of 2) by William James

Thus four days dragged themselves by, and in the early morning of the fifth, when we came from our wigwam, it was to find Nantauquas sitting by the fire, magnificent in the paint and trappings of the ambassador, motionless as a piece of bronze, and apparently quite unmindful of the admiring glances of the women who knelt about the fire preparing our breakfast.
— from To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston

The news had preceded him, and he was at once surprised and delighted to find that the nervous crest-fallen attorney was quite unaware of the advantages of his position.
— from The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Samuel Warren

Through the evergreen wall pierced the quick utterance of Tony, angrily imploring.
— from Admiral's Light by Henry Milner Rideout

You see this dear girl and I have got on so well together, that I have been quite unconscious of time; and I had ever so many more calls to make, but those must be put off to another day.
— from The Lovels of Arden by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon