Example sentences of "[be] [that] [pron] never " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he will not yet be either , since he will not , at that stage have been ‘ entered on the register ’ and , it may be that he never will be . |
| 2 | A constant problem with promoting all four gardens is that we never have enough leaflets to supply all the outlets that request them . |
| 3 | The thing about selection is that we never vote . |
| 4 | The difficulty with all these criticisms is that they never specified exactly what was the ‘ correct ’ style for Nonconformist chapels . |
| 5 | They also make mistakes , but part of the game is that they never apologise . |
| 6 | Anyone familiar with five- and six-year-olds would be puzzled to learn that they do not ask questions when they do not understand something : if five-year-olds have a failing it is that they never stop asking questions ! |
| 7 | An important point to remember about EOG recordings made using EEG amplifiers is that they never give direct information about the direction of gaze — only changes in direction — and the rate at which the galvanometer pens return to the midline of the paper chart is determined by the time constant setting . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Even though she has become Princess of Wales , the price Diana will probably pay is that she never gets to wear a crown . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ One of the most annoying things about getting kicked out is that I never once got a single warning , ’ he says . |
| 13 | The funny thing is that I never expected to be an artist . |
| 14 | The worst of it all to me is that I never guessed anything . |
| 15 | I think the reason why is that I never actually told the community or my comrades about the film — if I had there would probably have been an informer somewhere . ’ |
| 16 | Tomorrow 's World presenter Maggie , 36 , said : ‘ One thing we have learned from alcoholism is that you never know what 's going to happen . ’ |
| 17 | The trouble with trying to fool policemen is that you never know how much they know , which is always more than they admit . |
| 18 | The really interesting thing — really staggering — is that you never came close to noticing . ’ |
| 19 | The penalty one pays for this is that you never really get to learn and understand the basics behind simple design . |
| 20 | Another attractive feature of an actuary 's work is that you never stop learning — both on your own account and from your colleagues . |
| 21 | As Colonel Gordon Wilkinson puts it : ‘ The big thing about services catering is that you never know what 's going to happen next . |
| 22 | And the trouble with ‘ sometimes ’ is that you never know when to expect it . |
| 23 | One answer is that it never can — at least , not completely . |
| 24 | I noted earlier that Marx recognised the social and political ‘ materiality ’ of lines of demarcation other than those of property holding in the ‘ Eighteenth Brumaire ’ : nonetheless what is striking in this passage is that he never settled accounts with the general theory which denied such factors any pertinence in the long run . |
| 25 | ‘ The trouble with him , ’ said Pooley , ‘ is that he never seems to keep his mind on anything . |
| 26 | He enjoys music his one regret is that he never learned to play a musical instrument and is chairman of the newly-established music society which is putting on a season of classical concerts in the throne room at Bishop Auckland Castle . |
| 27 | I 've only been in Dick 's flat once and the most interesting thing I 've gleaned about him is that he never uses washing-up liquid and he has a rather interesting pile of yellowing press cuttings sitting on a shelf . |
| 28 | However , the single most important factor militating against employers ' cooperation was that they never regarded the ‘ problems ’ highlighted by reformers — indiscipline , excessive occupational mobility , absence of vocational guidance , lack of systematic industrial training , and inadequate preparation for family responsibilities and exercise of the franchise — as problems for which they felt responsible ; they had little interest in the search for solutions . |
| 29 | A real advantage of his girl , McLeish thought grimly , was that she never lied if asked directly . |
| 30 | What she did know was that she never wanted to go away again . |