Example sentences of "[conj] she never [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents have handed over to an outsider to solve a problem he or she never has to face . |
| 2 | She took up the piano and , according to her headmistress Ruth Rudge , ‘ made phenomenal progress for someone who started late ’ ; and although she never made it into any of the school teams , she loved tennis . |
| 3 | Deborah also doubted Sebastian , although she never let it show , or hoped she did not let it show . |
| 4 | I have seen many cartoons of American grandmothers in rocking chairs on their front porches and am always reminded of Mrs. Burden , although she never had a clay pipe in her mouth . |
| 5 | Although she never mastered the accent , she was learning to speak quite competent French , teaching herself out of books as ever . |
| 6 | She had always felt that , although she never knew why . |
| 7 | Although she never showed any interest in what I was up to at university , she often asked questions about the East End and seemed fascinated by my stories of Charlie Trumper and his barrow . |
| 8 | Ana seemed to be almost hungry for company and she took to coming along to Maggie 's room to chat , although she never spoke of her blindness and Maggie ventured no questions . |
| 9 | The only one he knew that well was Rosie , who had cousins in it , brothers maybe , although she never talked of it except in the most general terms . |
| 10 | What she did know was that she never wanted to go away again . |
| 11 | She was so busy talking to another woman , who was weighing onions , that she never noticed what the wee fellow was doing . |
| 12 | While Diana has been billed as the matchmaker in this royal romance , the truth is that she never noticed the romantic spark between her brother-in-law and one of her best friends . |
| 13 | It was like the pain from an old wound , so familiar that she never noticed it until she deliberately picked at the scar . |
| 14 | She apparently told her , contrary to the impression given in the former interview covered by Document B , that she never condoned her daughter 's going away — which she referred to rather dramatically as a ‘ kidnap ’ — that she did everything she could to bring the matter to the authorities at the time , but ‘ was prevented ’ , that she had certainly never agreed to her daughter living with her brother , that her daughter 's health had suffered alarmingly , and that she never told any social worker that she had agreed . |
| 15 | A real advantage of his girl , McLeish thought grimly , was that she never lied if asked directly . |
| 16 | She added that she never saw the suspected occupants of the house . |
| 17 | ‘ I sometimes feel a great sense of loss and disappointment that she never saw me grow up . |
| 18 | She was not going to start lecturing him now and , in any case , insisted that she never saw her role in life as a reformer . |
| 19 | Even though she has become Princess of Wales , the price Diana will probably pay is that she never gets to wear a crown . |
| 20 | She spoke — more slowly than she had spoken before — and Fatima listened with a concentrated intensity that she never lent to Marie Claire 's requests and detailed instructions . |
| 21 | She had endowed the marriage ( and he could never really like the fellow ) most extravagantly out of her invested money , rather than taking a dip among the jewels that she never wore . |
| 22 | The cold and dreadful pain that she never told herself was jealousy went through Alice . |
| 23 | She apparently told her , contrary to the impression given in the former interview covered by Document B , that she never condoned her daughter 's going away — which she referred to rather dramatically as a ‘ kidnap ’ — that she did everything she could to bring the matter to the authorities at the time , but ‘ was prevented ’ , that she had certainly never agreed to her daughter living with her brother , that her daughter 's health had suffered alarmingly , and that she never told any social worker that she had agreed . |
| 24 | ‘ That she never told you ? ’ asked David . |
| 25 | The difference is that she never felt guilty about it , whereas I , who have devoured baby and child books since my first pregnancy test was positive , do . |
| 26 | Naturally she pointed out that she never sought this adulation , quite the opposite , and was frankly horrified by media attention . |
| 27 | ( In fact , if one reads her work carefully , one notices that she never speaks of God , but rather of people 's concept of God , which may lead them on in their striving for justice . ) |
| 28 | I remember thinking how typical it was of her that she never thought of being wooed . |
| 29 | All I know is that she never said so , and they 'd have had precious little opportunity , one or other of them being on call for two out of any three nights . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ A most convenient baby , this , ’ he remarked lightly , ‘ seeing that she never cries , or does anything to provoke her parents — whatever they do to her . ’ |