Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] never [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Father , ’ said Tutilo , burning into startling whiteness , ‘ I pledge you my faith I never did nor never would have done him any harm , nor do I know of any who might need to wish him ill . |
| 2 | It 's a trick I never learnt . |
| 3 | I was so deep in the story I never noticed . ’ |
| 4 | I may have the idea that makes me start putting the brush strokes down , but at some point the canvas will take on a life of its own and lead me off in a direction I never expected to go . |
| 5 | The university opened up for me a freedom I never knew existed . |
| 6 | About nationalisation I never had any doubt . |
| 7 | I 'm the other spaceman , I got hairs on my chest I never get depressed . |
| 8 | Then someone peers out the little square panel , and finally some bolts are drawn back and a Rasta I never saw before beckons me inside . |
| 9 | It 's a look I never thought he 'd give me . |
| 10 | Roger , an art historian , had first gone to the Mansions as Margaret 's friend , and maintained that she had said : ‘ Of course I never read Ivy 's trash . ’ |
| 11 | But I was pus pushing and p pulling of course I never saw the same doctor twice . |
| 12 | Of course I never knew whether anybody understood very much of my verses . |
| 13 | So of course I never thought no more , went upstairs and got me fax and on the way back Ann was coming downstairs , I said what 's going on Ann ? |
| 14 | Of course I never doubted that your excellent police force would catch the real culprit , but it must have cleared your mind . |
| 15 | I 've never use I 've never used nothing on my skin I never got nice skin oh no I do n't , no I do n't , well any waste of money is a gimmick . |
| 16 | For ten minutes I never saw my float as the fish cruised up and down . |
| 17 | You always see the foxes I never see them . |
| 18 | They offer very scant opportunity for children to express themselves in creative and cultural activities , while retaining a relatively generous allocation for physical education ( a subject which in all my years as an inspector and teacher trainer I never saw convincingly taught outside college teaching practice ) . |
| 19 | I 'm gon na read it through and then I 'm gon na do some German and really get , hang on , all these letters oh so popular Catriona I never read you this , it 's from er my secret admirer . |
| 20 | But a glass key I never saw or heard of and can not imagine what use it might be ; it would shiver in any lock . ’ |
| 21 | LADY JONES : Such sackcloth and ashes doings for a wedding I never heard of ! |
| 22 | There was the other side , the reality , the disciplines , the demands , the side I never seemed good enough at . |
| 23 | Oh mummy I never wear them otherwise . |
| 24 | Ho possessed a nerve which never cracked ; he pursued his chosen ends with complete ruthlessness . |
| 25 | Walter Peckle , the chief clerk , was a young man grown old before his time , with a complexion sallow and unhealthy , sunken cheeks , and eyes which never stopped blinking . |
| 26 | Certainly experience helps children in the formation and shaping of concepts but unguarded free activity is likely to be as unrewarding in the long term as a learning programme which never departs from a prepared text book . |
| 27 | The gargoyle shower heads which never saw running water . |
| 28 | There are hotels which keep you waiting at reception , restaurants that serve you cold coffee , shops which never have what you want in stock , mail-order firms that take three months to deliver the wrong goods . |
| 29 | Back at the village post office he 'd sorted out the usual junk mail which never made it past the door of the shop and found that he was left with one real , honest-to-God letter . |
| 30 | In the second half , Picksley , Mycoe , Plange and McAlister added touchdowns against outclassed opposition who never looked like getting into the contest . |