Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | Now he is beginning to make money from his books , ‘ although I never went out to write ’ he adds . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It 's good news for hunting , although I never gave much for Mr Kinnock 's observations in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | Shaun was more difficult as a personality , although I never had any fights with him myself . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The pub was a two storeyed building , with a stable at the side although I never saw horses there . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I knew Mum would not have done so because they did n't get on , although I never found out why . |
| 11 | My South American Aluminium Catfish seemed to settle in well , although I never saw it eat , dry or live food . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I was partially open … although I never filly declared that I was chiefly interested in fiddling ’ ( Ditton 1977 ) . |
| 14 | I have no objection to photographs , although I never use them , as long as they are used intelligently . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , although I never quite understood how he managed it . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Although I never did . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | although I never see her on Wednesday night . |
| 22 | It had signs up for both so I never could work out which it was . |
| 23 | I 'd run , and no one caught me , so I never got walloped or anything . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ You did n't say anything about your brother so I never mentioned him to Emily Grenfell . |
| 26 | ‘ All my school life , I was under the impression I was not completely stupid but pretty dumb so I never had that oomph . |
| 27 | I never did anything and I never played with children when I was a child because I did n't want to play with peasants on the estate , so I never did anything except sketching , painting and reading , and I 'm still doing pretty well exactly the same thing , and learning languages . |
| 28 | I suppose I got more bullied into it through me family really , to get off it , so I never really had the push to come off it . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , ’ she said with relief , ‘ Doctor Jenner left the university in 1982 , that 's the year I first came here so I never really got to meet him . |
| 30 | I had the good fortune to sit between Ian Bedford , whom I have known since he was a teenager ; and David Sieff , so I never had a dull moment ! |