Example sentences of "you were never [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Ah , " said Bigwig , " but then you were never sent out stealing lettuces for the Threarah , were you ? |
| 2 | With him there you were never baulked ; you rarely got a clout from your opposite number and you never had the middle jumper leaning forward to nab your ball . |
| 3 | But you muste prove yourself to do som thynges that you were never taught , or else you shall not be able to doo any more than you were taught , and were rather to learne by rote than by reason . |
| 4 | From what he tells me I think he comes within this definition , as he says you were never naturalised as an American . |
| 5 | You were never spirited , even as a boy . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ Thought you were never coming , dear . |
| 7 | " Thought you were never coming , " whispered her friend Rebecca . |
| 8 | ‘ Thought you were never coming ! ’ she grumbled . |
| 9 | " I thought you were never coming back , " she said . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you were never going to rescue me , ’ she teased . |
| 11 | When we got to the green , Ray Floyd says to Nick , ‘ I thought you were never going to play that shot . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ God , I thought you were never going to speak again . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I thought you were never going to let me near any of your horses again . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You were never committed here the way I am at Sleet . ’ |
| 15 | But it is still there : the soaring vague walls and giant secretive curtain washed with colours you 've only dreamt about , the colour of all the things you were never allowed to have as a child , suddenly real and there before you . |
| 16 | No you were never allowed to er have much time for yourself , you always had one or two of the other kids . |