Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] never [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy can never resist an adventure . |
| 2 | To say of John Smith " His name is certainly not George Washington " is capable of being defamatory of Smith : the ordinary reader knows that George Washington could never tell a lie , and is likely to infer that Smith is therefore untruthful . |
| 3 | Paralysed as he was , his elder brother Edwin could never father a child . |
| 4 | ‘ Tom would never say a word . ’ |
| 5 | De Craon can never resist an insult . ’ |
| 6 | Jack could never remember a breakfast when she had not presided over the cups of tea , the bowls of cornflakes , the slices of grilled bacon and half tomato which was the start to the day every morning except Fridays and in Lent . |
| 7 | AS THE arguments rage over whether Nigel Mansell will return to Formula One , a New Zealander who nurtured the career of Mansell 's rival Ayrton Senna fears Britain may never produce a Formula One champion again . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |