Example sentences of "never [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reluctance could be seen as part of the general strict interpretation of exclusion clauses , but in a line of cases it was suggested that there was a rule of law that an exclusion clause could never cover a fundamental breach . |
| 2 | One-third of sufferers will never experience a second episode , but for the rest it may be a lifetime 's struggle against repeated attacks , each one taking its toll . |
| 3 | No no , they will never make a price in Perth now you have terrified them , ’ and Cameron would have to spend a good few shillings to make the drove move on . |
| 4 | It marks a change of heart for Scorsese , who once swore he would never make a film about the Mafia , and led De Niro to break a few rules of his own : ‘ I was in the middle of filming We 're No Angels when we started to discuss GoodFellas and began working on my role , Jim Conway , together . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll never make a writer , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He may make an excellent shoemaker , but can never make a good poet . |
| 7 | ‘ I would not like to have the task of telling her that she would never make a crime reporter ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll never make a secretary , Aggie ; I 've got nothing up top . ’ |
| 9 | But he insists regret should never make a footballer compromise on toughness . |
| 10 | Except for Robin , who had a slight talent for painting , they were plodders , who would never make a mark on the world ; and even Robin was too unsteady to forge his own way . |
| 11 | The studio 's young head , Irving Thalberg , was rightly worried that Foolish Wives would never make a profit . |
| 12 | Dayglo orange , pink or lime green would never make a successful scheme , although having said that , everyone 's taste is different ! |
| 13 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 14 | Alice , helpfully squatting by him , thought : This one would never make a boss ; he 's an employee ; he ca n't work without somebody holding his hand . |
| 15 | " You 'll never make a nun , you baggage . |
| 16 | ‘ The bugger said I 'd never make a businessman . |
| 17 | He would never make a mistake about something like that . |
| 18 | Joshua Cohen had long ago recognised that Jacob would never make a businessman and had quickly abandoned his dream of having his son join him in his scrap-iron store . |
| 19 | I despaired when I heard Sir Geoffrey Howe , who was Foreign Secretary at the time , speak at the Tory Party Conference in October and heard him repeat the same old stock phrase : Britain will never make a deal over its hostages in Lebanon . |
| 20 | He flexed his hands under the cloth , and shouted irritably at Rosa , ‘ You 'll never make a city woman , thank God , ’ and then , seeing her face fall , wondered at it . |
| 21 | Nothing but a beast , dumb and rude and mute and savage , she called him under her breath ; a man who could only talk men 's talk , who had none of the graces a nobleman would have , but of course Tommaso Talvi would never make a nobleman . |
| 22 | And Mark — he would never make a priest . |
| 23 | I would never make a pass at Caduta — no , not Caduta and if you made a pass at her , I 'd beat you up . |
| 24 | ‘ We 'll never make a policeman out of you , Auguste . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ That useless baggage would never make a good hostess — not in a thousand years . ’ |
| 26 | Well we had eight different presentations , er i warmed , I suppose , to two of them erm was a small engineering company in the motor trade which , while it will never make a fortune will probably make a living and the people seem to need help . |
| 27 | You 'll never make a poker player , Miss Swift ! ’ |
| 28 | They ca n't consider everybody or they could never make a decision . |
| 29 | They wanted to get on but that made me swear if I ever got made Sergeant , I would never treat a man the way I was treated . |
| 30 | Paralysed as he was , his elder brother Edwin could never father a child . |