Example sentences of "never [vb infin] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should never have done it on that day . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , no , he would never have done it without you . ’ |
| 3 | The ‘ society-as-parent ’ thinkers , on the other hand , tend to perceive child care matters in personal rather than political terms and are more inclined to the views expressed or implied in the following comments by respondents from this group : ‘ you could never have done anything with this poor mother ’ , and : |
| 4 | Frederica said obviously that the sky and the sea and the boats were uncannily like Van Gogh , and Hodgkiss said that of course they would never have seen them in this way before he saw them . |
| 5 | I could never have said it to him face to face , but over the telephone I hesitated and said , ‘ But I thought the newspaper business was booming ! ’ |
| 6 | Oh , I know that he would never have touched anything in the least underhand , but he is a director of the company , and he might be held responsible for things that were done without his knowledge . |
| 7 | She would never have forgiven herself for feeling it , nor him for becoming aware of it . |
| 8 | What puzzled him was that the beautiful creature could never have arranged itself in that unnatural position . |
| 9 | I should never have appointed her in an acting capacity . ’ |
| 10 | If she had n't reneged on her promise to go to Glenshee , Dane would never have followed her to that tiny cottage . |
| 11 | I should never have accepted you as Catherine 's friend . |
| 12 | ‘ I would never have asked you for anything ! ’ she protested proudly . |
| 13 | Her friends back in London would never have recognised her as the Alyssia Stanley who had dozens of men trailing behind her , and who toyed with them but only for as long as it suited her . |
| 14 | And Jonathan would never have recognised her as the girl to whom he had become engaged , the easygoing girl whose only concern had been to have a good time , however much money it took . |
| 15 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 16 | His 123 came out of 165 off 162 deliveries in 211 minutes ; a few months earlier in Australia he had run himself out on 99 in his desperation to reach the magic figure , but one would never have guessed it from the effortless way he swept there now . |
| 17 | She would never have guessed it from the wildly anachronistic costumes . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd never have expected him to be as supportive as he was , ’ says Sean , ‘ but it brought us closer together . |
| 19 | I was eleven years old , and I honestly believe that I was too young to cope , that my father should never have taken me to the game , that if he had been a responsible parent he would have recognized the potential for trauma that the afternoon contained . |
| 20 | Nate would never have taken him off the presentation if he was n't being moved sideways or demoted . |
| 21 | The fact of it was , Amanda should never have brought him in here at all ; she should have kept him in Reception , as per company policy . |
| 22 | Then he began to change his ground , to slip from real remorse into disguised anger , saying that he should never have trapped me into domesticity , meaning , of course , that I should never have trapped him , and , instead of getting angry underneath — as I had earlier when he was being honest with me — I felt an enormous , trembling sympathy with him and begged him to stop : he was n't , after all , responsible for everything . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
| 24 | It took a little time , and without the guidance she would never have found it in a million years . |
| 25 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
| 26 | I should never have trusted you with it , he said . |
| 27 | Pure hackit anyhow Ah 'd never have lumbered him in the daylight . |
| 28 | Otherwise , she would never have put anything on record in that isolated motel cabin , all ready for Them to snatch when they kicked the door in . |
| 29 | I should never have put anything on record in that place … ’ |
| 30 | He would never have put it like that himself . |