Example sentences of "knew [pron] could never " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew I could never live with them again , but I thought … |
| 2 | I pretended to despise such modern aids , but that was really a defensive reaction because I knew I could never afford such frills for Masquerade . |
| 3 | I knew I could never be your wife . ’ |
| 4 | I told myself I 'd have an abortion , although I knew I could never go through with it , and I was so relieved when my period came . |
| 5 | I knew I could never inflict her as a mother on Kirsty , but I was totally trapped by the promise I 'd made . |
| 6 | And of Hepzibah , because she was comforting Nick in a way she knew she could never do . |
| 7 | And now she knew she could never escape the past , as she had hoped . |
| 8 | She knew she could never trespass on any liking from that robust and distant lady . |
| 9 | And with a grey sense of certainty she knew she could never be that sure ever again . |
| 10 | Lisa knew she could never have managed without her . |
| 11 | She knew she could never look sophisticated . |
| 12 | He tried to be the former and his Notebooks show his struggle : the latter he knew he could never be but always revered . |
| 13 | He felt a sense of guilt but at the same time knew he could never have spoken to her anyway . |
| 14 | He knew he could never talk himself straight with you . |
| 15 | She had not wanted to love this man , especially when she knew he could never love her back . |
| 16 | She was under no illusions — she knew he could never feel the same way about her , she knew too that she was storing up heartbreak for herself . |
| 17 | ‘ Fancy falling in love with the same man twice — when I knew he could never be interested in me ! ’ |