Example sentences of "[conj] i never " in BNC.

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1 It 's not as if I could tell you much , anyway , seeing I never met her . ’
2 I was writing the same songs with the same approach but I thought they were all shit so I never brought them to J or I never tried to play them .
3 Now he is beginning to make money from his books , ‘ although I never went out to write ’ he adds .
4 At home the attitude of my parents-in-law was that I was from outside Pakistan , so I must be very independent — although I never showed my independence .
5 It 's good news for hunting , although I never gave much for Mr Kinnock 's observations in the first place . ’
6 Shaun was more difficult as a personality , although I never had any fights with him myself .
7 Although I never pointed it out to Ira Dilworth , I rather felt that certain Ogden Nash lines entitled ‘ The Purist ’ might also apply , on occasion , to him .
8 So the days were unhappy and the nights a bleak nothingness , and although I never actually put a rope around that pulley , nor loaded my shotgun and went out into the field and dug my own grave — as I had visualized so often — nor started my engine in the garage , yet I thought about all three , and on occasions I thought about one or other for days at a time .
9 The pub was a two storeyed building , with a stable at the side although I never saw horses there .
10 A few weeks later I noticed that the anemone crab had disappeared and as more time went by , my fish stock began to decrease , although I never found any dead fish in the tank .
11 I knew Mum would not have done so because they did n't get on , although I never found out why .
12 My South American Aluminium Catfish seemed to settle in well , although I never saw it eat , dry or live food .
13 Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting .
14 ‘ I was partially open … although I never filly declared that I was chiefly interested in fiddling ’ ( Ditton 1977 ) .
15 I have no objection to photographs , although I never use them , as long as they are used intelligently .
16 ‘ Yes , he had a lot of very strong , incredibly positive influences on many artists , and I am one of those artists , although I never exchanged two words with him .
17 ‘ Yes , although I never quite understood how he managed it .
18 Fiercely private , he will only talk about 39-year-old Frances in professional terms but affection for her sneaks through : ‘ I actually met her through work , although I never worked with her directly until now , ’ he says .
19 Although I never did .
20 This equipment I kept for about three years , although I never forgot the quality of the original sounds I 'd heard , so I decided to invest in what I thought was some serious equipment .
21 I am glad you like Mr. Gould : — he has been always very obliging to me — although I never knew him till lately : Mrs. G. appears an exceedingly pleasant & amiable woman .
22 although I never see her on Wednesday night .
23 Told me Moira F. had written to him , anxious for news about the glass , complaining that I never answered the phone , never replied to her letters , what should he tell her ?
24 Another poem that I have dated in the typescript ‘ December , 1957 , Plaza de Anaya , Salamanca ’ , is one I was able to write for myself , and that I never showed to Dana .
25 I wanted nothing more , though I think Dana must have wanted other things that I never thought of offering him ; with him alone I would have been happy to do what I had always denied others .
26 Disarmament Subcommittee said ‘ We have made an advance that I never dreamed possible . ’
27 He says that I never feel randy these days , that I 'm ‘ cold ’ , and that the anorexia is stopping my hormones , which he says is stopping me from feeling sexy .
28 ‘ Sometimes I feel that I never want to see it again . ’
29 She dedicated her song to all the boys who had really regretted doing it , all the men who have ever said , naming no names , it took ten years of my life , and now I can truly say that I never want to even talk to him again , never to see him .
30 ‘ One of the most annoying things about getting kicked out is that I never once got a single warning , ’ he says .
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