Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [pron] [prep] be " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’ |
2 | What worried him far more than the prospect of change , was the fact that he shied away from it , as a man set in his ways , and that was something he had never considered himself to be . |
3 | I have found them working in ways I had never expected them to be able to . |
4 | I know not , it may be that Mr is saying this is something that that never it 's never I 've never understood it to be er part of my practice or part of any solicitors practice to offer such a and if we have a solicitor er who has constantly practised in his skills for a very lengthy period of time , that is saying oh yes it is because this , as far as I 'm concerned , standard advice which solicitors should give to clients transactions . |
5 | ‘ They are a breed that will enjoy a long walk and they are excellent car travellers — in the 34 years that I have owned them I have never known one to be car sick , ’ she added . |
6 | ‘ I have never found it to be the case . ’ |
7 | He 'd never exactly believed that his life was charmed youngest in a family of seven in Stoke Newington would have been a damned strange place to start out from if that had been the case — but he 'd never believed himself to be one of life 's victims either . |
8 | Until now he had never believed it to be true , that something as heavy as gold could fall naturally from the sky . |
9 | He had never wanted her to be given in marriage to Dom João , and had seen that gentleman 's non-arrival as a good way of calling off the match should Sara wish it . |
10 | I 've never asked him to be faithful to me . |
11 | Although Dustin is perfectly able to portray nastiness , he has never allowed himself to be other than sympathetic to audiences in whatever he has done . |