Example sentences of "[that] [pron] never [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just that I never expected it to happen to me . ’ |
| 2 | They were the same sort of things that I never got invited to again . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | First you find out that she 's dead ; then , a while later , I say that I never killed a single patient . |
| 5 | I wanted nothing more , though I think Dana must have wanted other things that I never thought of offering him ; with him alone I would have been happy to do what I had always denied others . |
| 6 | There I saw men kissing and holding and loving each other ; something that I never thought possible as the mainstream culture manifests itself in overwhelmingly heterosexual and macho terms . |
| 7 | ‘ The Test match fulfils an ambition for me that I never thought would be possible in my time , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I was so used to his bullying that I never thought of hitting him back . |
| 9 | ‘ Now that I never thought to ask . |
| 10 | And he did wonderful things with my clockwork trains that I never thought of doing . ’ |
| 11 | I 've got a piece of artwork on the floor that I never thought I 'd see . |
| 12 | You brought me happiness that I never thought I would know again in this world , and you 've added to it every day . ’ |
| 13 | He was one of the people who actually made the series , but I have to say that I never thought his career was channelled in the right direction . |
| 14 | Menstruation was not mentioned then , or at any other time , so it is hardly surprising , if rather bizarre , that I never made any conscious connection between it and normal sexual functioning . |
| 15 | Disarmament Subcommittee said ‘ We have made an advance that I never dreamed possible . ’ |
| 16 | Finally we climbed a bank and were on the road again , the smoothness of it lulling me into such a deep sleep that I never saw the barrier at the railway crossing , did not even hear them telling Ward the Jequetepeque had broken its banks a little further on . |
| 17 | A lot of the operations now I do I think I can do better that I 'm now seeing detail that I never saw before with the naked eye . |
| 18 | But you must surely understand that I never meant things to get out of hand like that . ’ |
| 19 | You must understand that I never meant anything like this to happen . |
| 20 | ‘ Glad am I , ’ said Adam in a hurried whisper into Owen 's ear as they deployed among the trees , ‘ that I never went back , to leave you a man short . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm glad that I never told him how unhappy I was then . |
| 22 | My early introduction to the world of politics was always marginal in the sense that I never felt able to join any particular political party . |
| 23 | I 've always wished that I never came back to this country . |
| 24 | Face red , chest puffed with indignation , young John would yelp : ‘ I assure you quite categorically that I never touched the ball . |
| 25 | I devoted my twenties to my family but I intend now to achieve the career that I never had before . |
| 26 | Presumably because I was too young , and because life was so full in other ways that I never had time or any real reason to question it . |
| 27 | It was a feeling that I never had until that nice little man with a funny hat and a big gun got out of a strange aeroplane and asked me : " Do you speak English ? " |
| 28 | They make me want a lot of things that I never had . |
| 29 | It was fortunate for you that I never insisted on accompanying you . ’ |
| 30 | My little son , that I never hoped to see again ! " |