Example sentences of "[pers pn] never [vb past] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a bit too advanced , stuff that I never got and all of a sudden I was still saying I could do it and I could n't any more so I , took me ages to get rid of that reputation cos why I know about you see , I forgotten what fucking hard too get rid of it |
| 2 | And er I never heard or had any more ways than ordinary . |
| 3 | that was the laugh with David he said erm , he said about that and that cos when he had this , they had this big farewell thing did n't they at the bowling alley and I never went and I was the only one and erm they come round , they come round and I thought yeah I really |
| 4 | Angie Bowie : ‘ I never realized and had never been involved in who did what , but I suppose that amounts to , if one wants to look at it from Ken 's point of view , being the fly in the ointment , or of one wants to look at it from a real point of view as , in terms of property settlement and management , that I was being David 's manager at that particular time , because it was possible for me to advise him to do something about the things that really troubled him artistically . |
| 5 | I never wilted and was proud of my fighting qualities when I was looking for survival and happy for any form of success . |
| 6 | ‘ I never said and she never said . |
| 7 | I have experienced this directly in researching this book and am deeply indebted to many new friends , in areas of science that would have remained foreign to me , for their time and patience in explaining things that I never knew and I hope that we all gained from the experience . |
| 8 | Finer I never saw or tasted from Barbados or better cured . |
| 9 | But a glass key I never saw or heard of and can not imagine what use it might be ; it would shiver in any lock . ’ |
| 10 | When I told him that Howard Moss — whom I never met but whose poetry I greatly admired — had already published several of my poems , Dana appeared surprised and a little put out . |
| 11 | From the beginning , I never asked and he never said . |
| 12 | I never climaxed and I was too shy and too timid to ask for what I wanted , so afterwards I 'd be resentful … ’ |
| 13 | As Byron put it , ‘ I never loved nor pretended to love her , but a man is a man , and if a girl of 18 comes prancing to you at all hours , there is but one way … |
| 14 | It 's what I never did but I always meant to do |
| 15 | ‘ Father , ’ said Tutilo , burning into startling whiteness , ‘ I pledge you my faith I never did nor never would have done him any harm , nor do I know of any who might need to wish him ill . |
| 16 | she never slept and our Edmond used to be worn out |
| 17 | She was flown to San Diego last December but , as the entry of two former unsanctioned Soviet syndicates , she never competed and Port Security officials refused to give her permission to sail in San Diego . |
| 18 | She never married and died 20 February 1843 in Camberwell . |
| 19 | she never married and unlike her contemporary female Slade Students , Edna Waugh , Gwendoline Salmond , Ursula Tyrwhitt and Ida Nettleship , she did not allow herself to be distracted fro her career by emotional or domestic concerns . |
| 20 | She never questioned or regretted her position . |
| 21 | She never understood nor accepted , but her feeling for Simon had not been destroyed . |
| 22 | Oh , she never shouted or threw things at him . |
| 23 | Her limbs seemed lifeless , and she never spoke or uttered a sound . |
| 24 | She never moved or relaxed her watchfulness ; but in her very stillness there was something of violence , as though a touch might cause her to spring into startling and daunting life . |
| 25 | Great wicker baskets were trundled in and out of their home but she never complained nor spoke of regretting the end of her dancing life . |
| 26 | But she never complained or ever referred to the château as ‘ that damned place ’ … |
| 27 | He was so much a part of her that she never needed nor wanted to examine too closely the nature of her feeling for him . |
| 28 | She never remarried but had many admirers and friends , including William Heinemann and John Masefield [ qq.v . ] . |
| 29 | Her reply was that she never cried and moreover had never talked about it since it had happened all those years ago . |
| 30 | She never did but it 's always worth watching a human , just in case . |