Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [modal v] never [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would never admit to himself that this was because Jeopardy seemed beyond him ; Lucien was convinced he could never be included in Jeopardy 's elite circle of friends , and so it was easier to dislike him , to pick fault and criticise . |
| 2 | Something so awful she would never be able to put it past her . |
| 3 | ‘ That lucky you 'll never be ! ’ she declared as alarm , a dreadful feeling of alarm , seized her . |
| 4 | If it is sloping to the right so much that it is nearly parallel with the diagonal it will never be completed unless drastic action is taken . |
| 5 | If it is sloping to the right so much that it is nearly parallel with the diagonal it will never be completed unless drastic action is taken . |
| 6 | That given , the Burkian thesis must work itself out inexorably to the separation and independence not only of the great colonies ( in the original sense of that word ) but of every island and speck of rock on the globe : where there could not be representation in a common sovereign assembly , ‘ unity ’ would only be de facto and on sufference , and thus diminishing with the passage of time — organic it could never be . |
| 7 | This Darwinian recipe for solving the Travelling Salesman Problem has proved incredibly effective , rapidly finding the shortest routes between scores of towns , where the number of possible routes is so large it could never be written down . |
| 8 | I 'm sure I 'll never be allowed back into Russia — not that I 'd ever want to go back . |
| 9 | You say I could make a veterinary nurse — that 's as maybe , but I 'm sure I 'd never be any good as a vet . ’ |
| 10 | She does n't cry in front of Robert any more , she still tells him lies about what things cost so that she can save some money and make sure she 'll never be dependent on him again . |
| 11 | We decided that although we were tired we might never be given another chance to get at it so easily . |
| 12 | Can we be sure they will never be used ? |
| 13 | It is , of course , desirable they should never be overworked or overstressed , and you can ensure that this does not happen by having a sufficient number so that it is always possible to rest some while using others . |