Example sentences of "[pron] never knew [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1	There was one I used to pick in another field years ago , a purple flower with pretty leaves which sometimes turned all colours , but I never knew its name .
2	I never knew her young , but she has never grown older in the years since I began to sit with this hareem .
3	‘ I never knew her ill .
4	‘ I never knew her parents , ’ she said quietly .
5	We all called her Nanny ; I never knew her name .
6	I never knew my mother .
7	Yet I never knew my father when he lived there — only the stories Mrs Appleby used to tell me about his childhood .
8	I was brought up in a pit village near Bishop Auckland and I never knew my father .
9	I never knew my wife was such a little get up and goer if you like .
10	I never knew my father , or indeed who he was .
11	I never knew my mother because , as I explained , she died on the day I was born .
12	I never knew his name ; if I wanted to quote him by name , I would have to get permission .
13	She never knew her father .
14	You never knew my master , the Lord Godolphin , and I never knew yours .
15	‘ You never knew my predecessor , Gronskin , did you ? ’
16	‘ But you said you never knew his name ? ’
17	He never knew his father , his uncles were on the fringes of crooked activity and his drunken step-father sold second-hand cars .

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