Example sentences of "[subord] it [modal v] never [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is your first work of fiction , you should also look at it as part of your groundwork which although it may never see the light of publication , is of great benefit to you as a writer . |
| 2 | Although it will never attain real equality , a democratic society will seek to ensure that there is a redistribution in wealth through taxation which funds the services which provide help to those that need it . |
| 3 | It would not have the confidence of the people , so it would never work . |
| 4 | Everything look alright again , and then the weather worsened and the attempt looked like it would never happen . |
| 5 | It felt dead , marooned , abandoned , as if it would never move . |
| 6 | It is a lovely city , the war seems very far away , as if it can never reach me there . ’ |
| 7 | All the time , we were making love as we wrote our poems , in a great wave of inspiration and tenderness that seemed as if it could never end . |
| 8 | Referring to the recent bomb blasts in Belfast , Portadown and Magherafelt , Sir Patrick told reporters that he believed the IRA had stepped up its campaign of destruction because it would never win by the ballot-box and he revealed that he would be talking to senior RUC officers later today to discuss the present security situation . |
| 9 | ‘ Because it should never have happened the way it did , but if I was angry it was with myself , not you , because you needed to be courted , to be given time , and I gave you none . |
| 10 | We need a variety of materials in a wide range of formats utilizing therefore a number of different types of equipment ; because it will never make sense to have maximum collections in every classroom , we are likely to value a central pool from which everyone can draw , and the ability to inspect , copy and borrow materials from other schools and central LEA collections . |
| 11 | Well we had eight different presentations , er i warmed , I suppose , to two of them erm was a small engineering company in the motor trade which , while it will never make a fortune will probably make a living and the people seem to need help . |
| 12 | It was against her nature to tell anything but the whitest of white lies , but she was of necessity getting better at it , though it would never sit comfortably with her conscience and her sense of fairness and justice . |
| 13 | The weather smiled as though it could never frown . |
| 14 | The metaphor of war came as naturally to the lips of men who discussed their ‘ struggle for existence ’ or the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , as the metaphor of peace came to them when they described the home : ‘ the dwelling place of joy ’ , the place where ‘ the satisfied ambition of the heart rejoiced ’ , as it could never rejoice outside , since it could never be satisfied , or afford to admit itself satisfied . |