Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] know 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 At this point there is no particular plan in my mind , I just know my head will explode unless I immediately kick , bite or scream .
4 I hardly knew my father . ’
5 I never knew my wife was such a little get up and goer if you like .
6 Yet I never knew my father when he lived there — only the stories Mrs Appleby used to tell me about his childhood .
7 I was brought up in a pit village near Bishop Auckland and I never knew my father .
8 I never knew my father , or indeed who he was .
9 I never knew my mother .
10 I never knew my mother because , as I explained , she died on the day I was born .
11 You already know my name , ’ he said .
12 You never knew my master , the Lord Godolphin , and I never knew yours .
13 You never knew my predecessor , Gronskin , did you ? ’
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