Example sentences of "[pers pn] be never [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was never his enemy . ’
2 I was never your hunter , Surere . ’
3 They were never their father .
4 It is never their fault at local level .
5 It is NEVER your fault if an older person does this .
6 He rejected the argument that the defendants had done something more by refraining from setting up certain answers to the claim permitted by the Dubai law ; as a matter of policy it was never their intention to do so and ‘ It is no consideration to refrain from a course of action which it was never intended to pursue ; see Cook v. Wright ( 1861 ) 1 B. & ss. 559 , 589 , ( above , p. 214 ) . ’
7 After a moment , he said , ‘ It was never my job . ’
8 It was never his habit to try to wipe the floor with anyone .
9 It was never his intention , he said , to create a self-sufficient community .
10 ‘ Launch ’ is an apt term : it was never his intention to control or manipulate the Council , for it was a sovereign body under his presidency ; his duty was to see that it was heading in the right direction .
11 It was never our intention to stand still on this document , ’ said Institute deputy president Michael Chamberlain .
12 Michael Chamberlain : ‘ It was never our intention to stand still'
13 A POA spokesman said : ‘ We have enjoyed the support of patients and it was never our intention to affect their care . ’
14 I never had , he was never my teacher for I was I was with a pupil teacher .
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