Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i never " in BNC.

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1 I 've always wished that I never came back to this country .
2 First you find out that she 's dead ; then , a while later , I say that I never killed a single patient .
3 Well , you know , it you see , time were , I do n't know I suppose , I do n't know but I never seemed to be afraid and I used to have my or something round my waist , a belt with the keys hanging on and they supplied me with a as well , one of these , I do n't know what they 're made of they were n't all that heavy but still they were heavy enough to keep on .
4 I should explain that I never once thought that he should ‘ give way to me ’ — as Nonni said he should — because I was ill ; only because , as I told him , I had always thought of him as ‘ a reasonable human being with some pretensions to morality ’ .
5 He says that I never feel randy these days , that I 'm ‘ cold ’ , and that the anorexia is stopping my hormones , which he says is stopping me from feeling sexy .
6 I have nothing to remember and I never will have .
7 and he says they looked he says but I never forgot what I looked like , or what I when he started , but you ca n't join the boys ' service now .
8 ‘ I ca n't believe that I never stopped to think that Amber , four , was in the room , too , when I started punching her father , ’ Gail recalls .
9 But you must surely understand that I never meant things to get out of hand like that . ’
10 You must understand that I never meant anything like this to happen .
11 ‘ But nothing happened and I never heard from them . ’
12 I liked her , we were starting to go out , then all this happened and I never saw her again .
13 He did n't change his clothes too often , and when he did he just picked up whatever was around him — Eva 's jumpers , Dad 's waistcoats , and always my shirts , which he borrowed and I never saw again .
14 It was when he attempted to argue , ‘ I would n't be bothered if I never had another ride in the National , ’ that he began to give himself away .
15 He was chosen for Scotland 's tour of North America in May , played in four of the six games , including the two non-cap Tests , and scored three tries : ‘ I was delighted to go but I never thought for a moment that I would make the Test side .
16 Told me Moira F. had written to him , anxious for news about the glass , complaining that I never answered the phone , never replied to her letters , what should he tell her ?
17 mother and I hope father and I will be around to want to pick up what we can to help you 've got ta start thinking about standing on your own feet , you know , because admittedly I er I , I , I could turn out to be not as bad a financial state as I anticipated but I never was stinking rich and I 'm certainly not stinking rich now , so erm I mean
18 ‘ Sometimes I feel that I never want to see it again . ’
19 ‘ No , ma'am , ’ Ace said , ‘ seems like I never do . ’
20 its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me .
21 In passing , let me record that I never use a 2X converter on the Bronica as the drop in quality is unbelievable .
22 In passing , let me record that I never use a 2X converter on the Bronica as the drop in quality is unbelievable .
23 I think so I mean , there good and bad wherever you go but I never
24 I would rather die in a glorious cause than to succeed because I never set anything to go for .
25 Even when she was well , I had never been able to relax because I never knew from one day to the next how I was going to find her .
26 You will notice that I never include rice and pasta in the menus on the last day of the week to avoid causing an artificial weight gain — the last thing we want for tomorrow morning .
27 I 'd like to think that I never give poor care to any patient for political reasons , ’ he mused somewhat pompously , ‘ but I 'm certainly not above giving extra good care to the wife of an important man like Bill ! ’
28 What is more , I was on the organising committee , so I resigned and I never again exhibited at the Independents exhibition .
29 ‘ I was afraid something had happened but I never imagined anything so … so awful .
30 I am sorry to say that I never heard her at her best because of circumstances .
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