Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] i never " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to have a severe temper with violent outbursts and I ended up killing someone and I never wanted to kill again . |
| 2 | ‘ The Test match fulfils an ambition for me that I never thought would be possible in my time , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I have also of course been very excited by the new doors that have opened up for me that I never knew existed . |
| 4 | Something interesting happened to me that I never really thought about , erm , but I used to get these dreams where I used to dream that I 'd be either falling off a cliff or driving a car and getting into an accident and like or driving off a cliff . |
| 5 | People that I have known through the years in the music business always knew where to find me and I never moved address . |
| 6 | I suppose it amuses me and I never needed to be amused before , not when he was here to do it . |
| 7 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 8 | It was fortunate for you that I never insisted on accompanying you . ’ |
| 9 | What does it matter to you if I never remarry or find a new father for Emily ? ’ |
| 10 | Your power is great — and there I am not equal to you — but it lies in me to make you smile , and if you and I never meet , then this play of love remains incomplete . ’ |
| 11 | There I saw men kissing and holding and loving each other ; something that I never thought possible as the mainstream culture manifests itself in overwhelmingly heterosexual and macho terms . |
| 12 | Me eldest 's got one but I never could get used to it . |
| 13 | ‘ I never heard him say an unkind thing about anybody and I never heard anybody say an unkind thing about him . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm so used to him that I never notice it . |
| 15 | I 'm finding out things about her that I never could have known . ’ |
| 16 | I did n't go with her and I never knew what happened . |
| 17 | ‘ All these years I 've known her and I never realised what a nasty temper she has , ’ said Rose . |
| 18 | ‘ I liked him the moment I met him but I never dreamed we 'd end up like this . |
| 19 | I screamed murder at him but I never questioned his right , though I had the rent in my hand . ’ |
| 20 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 21 | Harry junior said : ‘ I knew the ex-pats here would buy it but I never dreamed it would be so popular with the Chinese . |
| 22 | I should have reported it but I never bothered . ’ |
| 23 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |
| 24 | ‘ My mother died at the age I am myself and I never thought I 'd be older than her . |
| 25 | Another chap , he 's a big name in a church in Buckley he was a an old neighbour of ours and I never liked cos he used to himself with a bowler hat on they are only back twenty years , you know , bowler hats ! |
| 26 | I like a good thriller myself but I never have time to read them . ’ |
| 27 | " so do I. But I never quite make it . " |
| 28 | I never did anything and I never played with children when I was a child because I did n't want to play with peasants on the estate , so I never did anything except sketching , painting and reading , and I 'm still doing pretty well exactly the same thing , and learning languages . |