Example sentences of "[conj] never [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Kelly 's more sophisticated approach gives figures between about 5 per cent and 10 per cent E. ) In a way it does not matter very much if our figure is not very accurate because it is seldom or never reached when testing real materials in bulk . |
| 2 | Never met or never parted |
| 3 | It also relates to the way in which subjects are not presented — to processes and procedures and methods which are rarely or never employed . |
| 4 | Reputations for beauty , grace , wit , intelligence or for strength , humour , kindness , honesty are made early or never made at all . |
| 5 | For they [ plays of other nations ] are most esteemed for learning the languages , and many of them compiled by men of great fame for wisdom and learning , which is seldom or never seen among us . |
| 6 | You will recall that when we talked about the libido theory , I said that there were erm different one of the reasons why Freud had to introduce the libido theory was he wanted to get away from the narrow biological reproductive concept of sex to do with genitals and reproduction which is of course he 'd want to expand it to include psychological never seen before er or never seen before so clearly , such as erm love of the self and , and this he gave the name narcissism , well he did n't actually , somebody else invented it not long before and he took it over very quickly . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that regular maintenance was a statutory requirement and despite some successful legal actions to enforce the statutory provisions , regular dredging and attention to leaks were perfunctory or never carried out at all by canal companies owned by the railways . |
| 8 | And the increasing use of charters in lawcourts naturally created an incentive to forge , as those who had lost or never enjoyed documentary proof of their rights strove to make good the deficiency . |
| 9 | It will certainly not seem long if you work consistently toward daily targets , in a few weeks you 'll be doing things you have n't done for years , or never thought possible . |
| 10 | A bricoleur was a handyman who , by using bits of machinery or equipment , the original purpose of which had been forgotten or never known , was able to solve immediate mechanical problems . |
| 11 | Children also have to acquire forms of written language which are rarely or never used in spoken English , since written language is not just spoken language written down . |
| 12 | Debates about what a modern health care system can be expected to provide , how limited resources can be used to best effect and what needs to be done in a broader sense to improve the health of the population are edged to the margins or never addressed . |
| 13 | Some mangrove lands have been cleared for shrimp projects that never operated . |
| 14 | Altogether it was much jollier in the nurseries with their rose-bud patterned wallpapers , and high wire brass-bound fenders guarding fires that never sulked and chimneys that never smoked . |
| 15 | Neither was there Wendy , a girl in my form ( it had been a school trip ) who had legs that never quit , long legs , the type rampant fell men dream of . |
| 16 | I lay in the bath daydreaming of putters that never missed and that were made of priceless and perfect metals unknown to man , of millions of pounds won on the fairways of the world , and of even more millions made off the course . |
| 17 | Bert was in his sixties , balding head with a thin weazel face and a nose that never stopped running . |
| 18 | The practice consisted of a slow-motion exercise that never stopped . |
| 19 | She squirmed with pain , but was helpless in the grip of the renewing forest , and she felt her body entered , a single motion that never stopped , just filled her , swelled out , tearing her apart inside , fingers of pain , shards of agony , curling snakes of pressure that reached inside to the tips of her toes , her fingers , up her spine and round her ribs , rising higher , filling her stomach , then her lungs , then her throat . |
| 20 | Many of these were deep-space vessels that never landed on worlds . |
| 21 | ‘ All I do know about the Spanish Civil War is it left a lot of scars that never healed . |
| 22 | Goods that never existed can not perish . |
| 23 | But though busy , there was time to swim at least twice a day in warm water , fanned by warm breezes , with an average temperature the year round of between 70° and 80° Fahrenheit , and always against a magical scenic backdrop that never ceased to enchant me . |
| 24 | She was sick of battle plans , plots and schemes that never succeeded , and the angry railing against failure . |
| 25 | Tristan immediately threw out a band in a dramatic gesture and declaimed : " Speak on , sweet lips that never told a lie ! " |
| 26 | Six foot shit-hot sharp shooter that never failed to hit the spot . |
| 27 | There was something about the atmosphere of a theatre that never failed to stir her blood , Shannon mused as she walked along the corridors . |
| 28 | Instead of staying carefully on his side of the screen — ‘ She goes left , I go right ’ — he suddenly stepped forward , centre stage , out of his position , out of the whole plot of the operetta , threw out his arms in the great expansive sexual gesture that never failed to work with the audiences , and began to sing in front of Therese , ignoring the screen , ignoring the action , making a total mockery of the whole theme of a bride and groom who marry without knowing who they are . |
| 29 | ‘ You certainly have mastered your anatomy , ’ she told him admiringly as he slid his hands across the small of her back to find that ecstatic erogenous zone that never failed to set her on fire . |
| 30 | It was a moment that never failed to give her a frisson of excitement , almost a sensual thrill . |