Example sentences of "[be] never [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't remember them all now , but I know that no speaking was allowed in the class-rooms , corridors or on the stairs ; no running anywhere indoors ; no borrowing of any kind ; all long hair had to be plaited ; indoor shoes were never to be worn outside , nor outdoor shoes inside , and there were specific shoes for games , gym , hockey and so on ; school uniform was strictly enforced , and hats compulsory . |
| 2 | Clerical grants , although generally dependable , were never to be taken for granted ; they had to be extracted from convocations by promises of redress , by divisions caused among the clergy , by desperate appeals , forceful delegations of royal councillors , veiled threats , relentless pressure and astute management . |
| 3 | There were never to be any night shifts at a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ factory . |
| 4 | Then capping it all is a ceiling of absolute if intricate formality , a prelude and preparation to the first floor rooms that were never to be worked . |
| 5 | The er , the very important experiences of this story were never to be received into his work . |
| 6 | Bodily functions were never to be acknowledged . |
| 7 | ‘ My good fortune lay in working with great men who were patient with me and taught me good habits that were never to be forgotten . |
| 8 | At such a moment God is never to be forgotten . |
| 9 | As Lord Hill replied to an outraged Lord Derby , whose TWW had ‘ stood on its record ’ and been brusquely dismissed , newcomers such as Harlech could offer only promises , ‘ but if promise is never to be preferred to performance , then every television company will go on for ever ’ ( Sendall , 1983 , p. 359 ) . |
| 10 | Futures punters know they are playing with fire which is why some ask not to be rung at home , and the name of the commodities firm is never to be given to anyone who answers the office phone . |
| 11 | ‘ And I think the sufficiency of the sentence is never to be called in question , nor any inquiry to be made here into the reasons of the deprivation . |
| 12 | The purpose of an argument is never to be objective . |
| 13 | It is never to be compared to the Pain de Gonesse , and other delicious varieties to be met with in Paris . |
| 14 | These in turn become massively overdetermined , regenerative and self-justifying , creating an institutional mind which , although allegedly acting on behalf of society and the majority population , comes to regard that same group as outsiders and potential antagonists who are never to be accorded easy access to the processes of the organization . |
| 15 | These restrictive measures , sponsored by Ramsay MacDonald , which are never to be forgotten or forgiven by the Labour party , were defended as the inevitable product of the continuing economic crises of the 1930s . |
| 16 | It is important to remember that logical consequences are never to be used as an idle threat . |
| 17 | Scenes of actual childbirth , in fact or in silhouette , are never to be presented . |
| 18 | Children 's sex organs are never to be exposed . |
| 19 | ‘ It does seem to me there must necessarily be some provision of this kind unless it is to be supposed that ministers are never to be allowed to leave the country at all . ’ |
| 20 | These papers are never to be taken outside a secure environment . |
| 21 | This threat was never to be fulfilled , for Godfred was conveniently murdered , and his successor and nephew , Hemming , made peace with the Franks . |
| 22 | Bill Pedler was made an Honorary Member but was never to be quite the force he was prewar . |
| 23 | It was actually something of a momentous decision — and one which it seemed thirty years later was never to be repeated . |
| 24 | It was a debt that was never to be repaid by the politicians or the generals of both sides , no matter how many red poppies were later bought or how many ‘ Last Posts ’ were sounded on dismal anniversaries . |
| 25 | The world was never to be the same again , but when everything has been changed , nothing is changed . |
| 26 | The window had , during the summer months , more than its fair share of flies , whilst the proprietor was never to be seen in the shop without a flat black cap on his head and cigarette end dangling from the corner of his mouth . |
| 27 | It was never to be seen again ! |
| 28 | The Company had hoped to be allowed to run cars across in service , but this would have necessitated Parliamentary Powers , which were not needed if a line was never to be used for passenger carrying . |
| 29 | After Die Entführung , the Singspiel was never to be the same again . |
| 30 | They made it a rule that she was never to be alone . |