Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb mod] never " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where Emily had learned to thieve so skilfully I 'll never know — perhaps she 'd taught herself — but it was the niftiest piece of pilfering I 'd ever witnessed . |
| 2 | From now on I 'll never let anyone under my guard . |
| 3 | Oddly enough I may never have had an operational tour had it not been for one of these fellow travellers . |
| 4 | I was a marvellous wife and he was proud of me , he did n't care what I did — I could become Lord Mayor of London for all he cared — only I must never leave him . |
| 5 | Walking alone I would never have made it . |
| 6 | Perhaps I shall never rewrite it . |
| 7 | " Perhaps I 'll never see him again . |
| 8 | Perhaps I 'll never know . |
| 9 | ‘ I do trust you , and I do love you , though perhaps I 'd never really have found that out without this test . |
| 10 | Perhaps I will never see England again . |
| 11 | There 's some great games there , but why Tetris scored so highly I 'll never know . |
| 12 | But I ate myself silly on them last night and made myself feel sick so I 'll never eat them again now . |
| 13 | So I 'd never get involved in the er in the gossipy side of Bay life . |
| 14 | How anyone could thread bits of bread on hooks then snag the poor buggers in the crop and just reel them in I 'll never understand . |
| 15 | Nora had commented : ‘ If your house burns down you will never burn inside . |
| 16 | Perhaps she would never again be able to function normally . |
| 17 | Perhaps she would never have a child . |
| 18 | She was n't tall and she was slightly heavy , but she had a pleasing face with soft eyes ; perhaps she 'd never be a beauty , but age would never make her ugly either . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps she will never take me back ! ’ |
| 20 | She might rue the night for many reasons , but deep down she could never regret being part of something so beautiful . |
| 21 | Perhaps we shall never know . |
| 22 | In summary , we do not know and perhaps we can never know if babies experience pain as the word is understood by adults . |
| 23 | Perhaps we will never know . |
| 24 | Obviously we shall never know whether fossil species were capable of interbreeding until somebody invents a time machine , and we can go back and see for ourselves ! |
| 25 | There is a consideration on one side , and it is said the consideration on the other is the agreement itself : if that were so there could never be a nudum pactum . |
| 26 | And perhaps they would never be fully at his mercy again . |
| 27 | Perhaps they 'd never know that they were moving at all . |
| 28 | So they 'll never know about the things Uncle Joe did to me … |
| 29 | Furthermore it would never purchase items brought up in such a way , as this would give support to these operations . |
| 30 | Perhaps it will never happen . |