Example sentences of "[is] never do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A woman 's work is never done . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ A steward 's work is never done , eh ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ A steward 's work is never done , ’ Kelly quipped . |
| 4 | Moan , groan , a hunchback 's work is never done — oh well , I suppose I should try to get ahead . |
| 5 | Housework is described as a never-ending job — in the stock phrase ‘ a woman 's work is never done ’ . |
| 6 | If I did it all day I would n't like it — woman 's work is never done , she 's on the go all the time — even before you go to bed , you 've still got something to do — emptying ashtrays , wash a few cups up . |
| 7 | This of course might be due to the fact that the sample as a whole has a long working week ; it certainly contradicts the impression given by the women themselves that ‘ women 's work is never done ’ : |
| 8 | We warned her that a wife 's work is never done . |
| 9 | as if to prove that a Shetlander 's work is never done , the same storms that sank the Braer and then cleaned away the oil caused erosion of the coast along the edge of the unexcavated portion of Jarlshof , and emergency coastal defences had to be installed prior to the provision of a permanent seawall . |
| 10 | This is never done to motorists , where a very substantial minority of abusers literally get away with murder , despite the existence of technology which could reduce speeds substantially . |
| 11 | It is not that testing rigorously formulated theories from deduced hypotheses is never done , only that it is not the standard of scientificity . |
| 12 | ‘ Woman 's work is never done , ’ she said . |
| 13 | It was probably a Barbarian female who tried to make out that a woman 's work is never done . |
| 14 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 15 | He 's never done a stroke of work since . ’ |
| 16 | it tends to stick on , it 's never done that , I do n't think , yet . |
| 17 | His hands felt smooth , like those of a woman or someone who 's never done a hard day 's work in their life . |
| 18 | But as I say he 's never done any of it for a couple of days . |
| 19 | And he actually mixes with people which is something he 's never done . |
| 20 | I mean , she 's never done a hand 's turn for her father or her grandfather — ’ – |
| 21 | He 's never done it before . |
| 22 | It 's it 's never done . |
| 23 | Well there are specialist outside caterers , she 's never done thins before . |
| 24 | Sometimes you can ride a horse that 's never done it before . |
| 25 | Well he 's never done it before . |
| 26 | which I 'm really pleased about cos she 's never done that before in Wales . |
| 27 | It must be twisted or summat cos it 's never done it before when I 've been in with the you know , to go bingo . |
| 28 | He 's never had an ounce , he 's never had an outdoor activity in his life , he 's never done anything . |
| 29 | And she lays all on top of the all on top of the dressing ta and she 's never done it before has she ? |
| 30 | she 's never done it before |