Example sentences of "never knowing [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Puritan homes in which novels were banned , and in Evangelical homes where they were banned on Sundays , generations of children , often skipping the doctrinal dialogue , have been fascinated and excited to imagine themselves to be Christian and Christiana , never knowing what adventures they will find around the next corner and confident that there will be a happy ending . |
| 2 | I could n't cope with never knowing what days I was going to be there — you had to wait till the rota was up to see which days you 'd be working … |
| 3 | One of the excitements of the auction business is never knowing what the post may bring ; perhaps photographs of a Renaissance jewel in Alabama , or a Paul de Lamerie soup tureen in Iowa . |
| 4 | I spend much of my time at the shops ; wandering through the aisles , faltering , never knowing what to buy . |
| 5 | To feel oneself so disliked , so vulnerable , never knowing what new piece of venom would manifest itself next , needed someone more arrogant , more … theatrical than she was . |
| 6 | The shock , after so many years of never knowing who the man was , woke her , but with such a sense of loss at this interrupted coitus she could n't sleep again for mourning it . |
| 7 | Because it would be bad news for the country if we are witnessing another fight between the private sector and the state and I hope that we 're not going to see in the whole rules and regulation industry , versus er the public a sort of repeat of the Moriarty , Sherlock Holmes final fight er with never knowing who in fact er wins as the battle of o of continues . |