Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] never see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he tried hard to do so , Richard could never see how anyone could live without things in working order . |
| 2 | Many cooperated with an uneasy feeling that the clients would never see their money again . |
| 3 | Lehzen made it a condition of her appointment that the princess should never see strangers except in her presence . |
| 4 | Still she pulled herself upwards , beset by thoughts of falling , of breaking a leg , of dying all alone in shadows of vermilion where Maggie would never see her . |
| 5 | Although his head and body are bent towards her in paternal concern , their tension indicates that he wants to be elsewhere ; away from hysterical females , generally , and , in particular , at his lunchdate with the Chinese antique dealer who has hinted over the telephone that he has some particularly fine pieces of Ban Chieng that the National Museum will never see hidden away in his back room . |
| 6 | Although the draftsman may never see the lease again once it has been executed , others will have to live with it and try to manage the property according to its terms . |
| 7 | Horrified , his uncle blew out the lamp , said Vincent would never see her , and ordered him from the house . |
| 8 | ‘ My young brother Oliver will never see that money ! ’ he said . |
| 9 | But the neurotic person can never see him or herself , and wears everyone else out . |
| 10 | But one sacrifice Antonia could never see herself making was to exchange her jeans and cowboy boots for the frumpy frocks and sensible shoes of a Tory wife . |
| 11 | Relationships were just too difficult , the sexes would never see eye to eye , it was all too much bother . |
| 12 | For although the chairman of the University Grants Committee , Edward Parkes , may have received his well-earned knighthood at the end of the year — in a batch meanly thin , as usual , on honours for the scientific community — many of the nation 's academics will never see their profession in the same rosy light . |
| 13 | A doctor was out of the question , Isabel would never see doctors , had always been in rude health , had not , indeed , wanted to call the doctor to Faith , until her colour had changed and , by her breathing , they had known that the illness was grave . |
| 14 | The blind may never see this proof of hope . |
| 15 | An agonising first nine years of life , this was a little boy who had seen things that little boys and little girls should never see . |
| 16 | Not in this airless back yard with its cat-fouled alley , yet now it bore shining green leaves and four fat flower buds — and Gerry would never see them . |
| 17 | Caving , of course , does nothing for pristine clothing , but the bedraggled and apparent roughnecks seen in the streets of Ingleton after a hard day can afford to ignore the caustic comments of observers : they know a wonderful world their critics will never see . |
| 18 | I have a different kind of Serbianness , which will never be the same as yours , and this building will never see me again ! ’ |
| 19 | My sons will never see themselves as fathers of the tribe . |
| 20 | No offence to Mr Bill Jordan , Mr John Edmonds and Mr Bill Morris , but if Labour is ever to win , the voters must never see their faces again . |
| 21 | Dalgliesh could never see him without being reminded of the portrait of his ancestor , Sir Hugo Berowne , in the National Portrait Gallery . |
| 22 | O I 'm big and I 'm bad and I 'm bold and I 'm free And the world will never see another villain like me |
| 23 | Does it mean that the survivor will never see them again in whatever sort of afterlife they envisage ? |
| 24 | ‘ The streets 'll never see me again , not the way you mean . |
| 25 | They drove towards Lulling , Harrison still barking , and Agnes returned to break the dreadful news that Dorothy might never see the pair again . |
| 26 | Since being away from home involved that hideous activity , spending money , my Dad could never see the point of going . |
| 27 | ‘ And the boys would never see they were being fooled . |
| 28 | Where that information relates to national security , all that the Government has to show is that publication might cause some injury to the national interest — a test which would ensure that the British equivalent of the Pentagon Papers would never see the light of day . |
| 29 | Behind closed doors … the paint job the public will never see . |
| 30 | An army of minions was tidying , dusting and polishing areas that the Prince of Wales could never see , unless he were to perform acrobatics ; to Auguste 's eye the scene resembled the gardeners at work before the arrival of the Red Queen in Mr Carroll 's amusing tale . |