Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [pers pn] never " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , it would do no harm to try and you never can tell , Vincent — she might turn out to be a classic Greek beauty . ’ |
| 2 | I wanted her to come and she never did . |
| 3 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 4 | I have nothing to remember and I never will have . |
| 5 | In the minds of many people the word ‘ punishment ’ is equated with physical punishment : smacking , caning , slapping and the like Not surprisingly those parents who are against physical punishment in principle are quite likely to assert that they never punish their offspring . |
| 6 | This score is so inspired and obviously such a pleasure to play that it never seems to receive a really disappointing recording . |
| 7 | He made few friends ; he joined few clubs or societies , and after being elected to the college debating society was asked to resign because he never spoke ; he did not even spend much money . |
| 8 | The the Jolly George er was a ship that was loaded with arms er to send to Russia , to for our the use of our troops in Russia , and the sailors refused to sail it , and there was quite a to do about this because they 'd got the steam up and it was ready to go but they never went . |
| 9 | He was chosen for Scotland 's tour of North America in May , played in four of the six games , including the two non-cap Tests , and scored three tries : ‘ I was delighted to go but I never thought for a moment that I would make the Test side . |
| 10 | It 's just a hobby I really enjoy , journalism is the job I really want to do and you never know drama could come in handy one day ! |
| 11 | ‘ Really , Sandy , you ought to knock or you never know what you 'll find , ’ he said in a plummy voice . |
| 12 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be . |
| 13 | ‘ I have many reasons for doing it , the principal among them quite simply being to ensure that you never get your hands on my sister . |
| 14 | She had to ensure that he never touched her again . |
| 15 | He liked to believe that he never sought conflict . |
| 16 | ‘ What 's the use of being able to fly if you never use it ? ’ |
| 17 | Neither of them seemed to realise that she never planned it . |
| 18 | Weeds are much easier to control if you never let them become established . |
| 19 | I would rather die in a glorious cause than to succeed because I never set anything to go for . |
| 20 | Even when she was well , I had never been able to relax because I never knew from one day to the next how I was going to find her . |
| 21 | For Dorothy is still not in focus , and one begins to think that she never will be , even if the correspondence of the Pounds ' later years is some day published . |
| 22 | ‘ He was a middle-aged guy and I was beginning to think that he never saw a guy with long hair before . |
| 23 | I 'd like to think that I never give poor care to any patient for political reasons , ’ he mused somewhat pompously , ‘ but I 'm certainly not above giving extra good care to the wife of an important man like Bill ! ’ |
| 24 | It has so much to offer and it never fails to excite . |
| 25 | I am sorry to say that I never heard her at her best because of circumstances . |
| 26 | I 'm glad to say that I never found out what they intended . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The one person who should have been with her was absent , having ( as Aunt Nessy had told me some years before in bewilderment , and with a valiantly suppressed trembling of the lip ) written to say that she never wanted to see her again . |
| 29 | We have to act like we never knew the man , understand ? ’ |
| 30 | He 'd like to ask but he never will . |