Example sentences of "never [verb] [pron] do " in BNC.

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1 James never expected anyone to do things he was not prepared to do himself .
2 ‘ But they never asked you to do anything like that here . ’
3 you know real , I 've never heard him do that before .
4 ‘ Why is it grown-ups never trust you to do anything properly ? ’
5 Never say you do not know why you picked certain subjects , or that other people decided for you , as this will show you in a negative light .
6 I never want anything to do with that house or the family ever again .
7 Should have been thrown out really but somehow she could never bring herself to do it .
8 I never believed you did n't know something more real in your mind .
9 I never imagined myself doing anything but acting , ’ she says with a wide grin and then breaks in to a quick burst of singing : ‘ There 's no business like show business … ’
10 At first she did not notice him standing there near her cage in the darkening gloom but when she did she did something he had never seen her do in all the years he had watched her .
11 People wept , and my mother embraced my father ; I had never seen her do such a thing before .
12 You know : the things youngsters stick on their cars to make 'em look like racers — but I 've never seen it done to a clapped-out old van before . ’
13 It just does n't seem convincing to me maybe because I 've never seen it done .
14 ‘ I 've never seen you do that before ! ’ she exclaimed .
15 No , I wan na see , I 've never seen you do it , please ?
16 ‘ Eh , ’ said Marie , ‘ I 've never seen anyone do that before . ’
17 Rufus had never seen anyone do that before , though he had seen it in pictures on seaside postcards .
18 It was a perfectly appropriate action , but she 'd never seen anyone do it before as a gesture of relief after social effort .
19 ‘ He 's never made us do this before , ’ Dangerfield said .
20 Like most middle-class English people who have never had anything to do with them , Adam thought the police were fools .
21 I 've never had anything to do with cars . ’
22 He had never had anything to do with Bri and me , but the Yanks said he was very smarmy and had told them he was Iranian .
23 He 's never had anything to do with girls .
24 It 's been bad enough walking about with my insides falling out and knowing people were looking and having to keep on behaving like a healthy young virgin who 's never had anything to do with a man .
25 Yeah , you never repaired mine did you ?
26 ‘ I 'll never believe he done it , ’ said Mrs Flaherty , when she came round for a cup of tea and a slice of the action , ‘ not if he 's convicted by a dozen juries , and do n't tell me he 'll get a fair trial in the current climate of opinion , not unless they pick twelve men the same size and true .
27 Never get anything done in this life if you do n't chance your arm . ’
28 rabbit rabbit for it rabbit rabbit , keep saying rabbit rabbit , but we never get none do we ?
29 Well I got mine from Superking I never ordered them did I ?
30 I never know what to do . ’
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