Example sentences of "[vb base] [that] [pron] [vb base] never " in BNC.

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1 Almost two-thirds of respondents receive their own copy of Newsline without fail , and two per cent say that they have never received it .
2 I even know , thanks to Montesquieu , that one may be a Persian , but as for Man , I declare that I have never met him in my life ; if he exists it is without my knowledge.1
3 The ‘ pervasive desire ’ for a cappella solutions has been impelled by the musical excellences made possible by the choral institutions ( all tinged with a Protestant Englishness that most members of the forum probably imagine that they have never espoused ) .
4 Once you 've got the rating , you know that you 've never before enjoyed such flying freedom .
5 I know that you 've never forgiven me for what happened , and I do n't blame you , darling .
6 It is very difficult persuading someone to lend you money when they know that you have never in the past paid it back .
7 Gentlemen , not only had our trade been inundated with boys , but fortunately or unfortunately , we have had another element introduced , and you know that I have never been a person who ignored the company of the opposite sex .
8 The colour is obvious with a telescope , but I confess that I have never been able to detect it with binoculars , even × 20 .
9 ‘ I believe that I have never worked with kitsch .
10 The risks are legion and most budding entrepreneurs find that they have never worked as hard in their lives .
11 A number of marriage counsellors I have spoken to all agree that they have never in fact come across a case where infidelity has improved a marriage .
12 It is of the eighth magnitude , but I admit that I have never been able to see it with certainty even with × 20 binoculars , though it is easy enough in a telescope .
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