Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] knew my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My main subsequent regret is that I only knew my father from the perspective of parent to child and not from that of adult ( parent ) to adult ( son ) whence different qualities and traits of personality come to be appreciated . |
| 2 | I only knew my mother and grandmother and life was not easy — we often went hungry . |
| 3 | I hardly knew my father . ’ |
| 4 | I never knew my wife was such a little get up and goer if you like . |
| 5 | Yet I never knew my father when he lived there — only the stories Mrs Appleby used to tell me about his childhood . |
| 6 | I was brought up in a pit village near Bishop Auckland and I never knew my father . |
| 7 | I never knew my father , or indeed who he was . |
| 8 | I never knew my mother . |
| 9 | I never knew my mother because , as I explained , she died on the day I was born . |
| 10 | You never knew my master , the Lord Godolphin , and I never knew yours . |
| 11 | ‘ You never knew my predecessor , Gronskin , did you ? ’ |