Example sentences of "never [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would the average person , who never thinks about such things and is unfit and unsteady , have survived ? |
| 2 | No matter how much of a slavey she might really be , a chambermaid never thinks of herself as a maid . |
| 3 | ‘ He never thinks of himself these days . |
| 4 | As a result many would-be house purchasers never qualified for a loan . |
| 5 | Bob Fitzsimmons , known as ‘ Fitz ’ in boxing circles , was the only English world heavyweight champion , though he never fought in England . |
| 6 | He never fought in his life . |
| 7 | That never arose in Gillick 's case , the nearest approach to it being the proposition , accepted by all parties , that the court had power to override any minor 's consent ( not refusal ) to accept treatment . |
| 8 | The losers , let us remind ourselves , are the old , the sick , the jobless , the low paid , the homeless and badly housed , the ill-educated , the deprived , the discriminated-against — that third of our society that never shared in the maldistributed prosperity of the Thatcher years , and will at best gain little , at worst lose further , in John Major 's ‘ classless ’ Britain . |
| 9 | Do you never think about anything but yourself ? |
| 10 | At least I need never think about my convict again . |
| 11 | All must be equally under suspicion , though we all know the master or mistress would never think of doing such a thing . ’ |
| 12 | They 'll never think of him there . ’ |
| 13 | Since her marriage there had been no communication with her former employer , not even at Christmas , and she could never think of her as a sister-in-law . |
| 14 | ‘ Church people were all too often narrow-minded , censorious , judgemental , intolerant , conventional … so the people for whom the world was too harsh would never think of turning to the Church … |
| 15 | At Kyalami Ranch , he 'd have a blade of grass in his mouth like a kid on a picnic , he 'd never think of holding court or taking himself so seriously ( as later champions did ) that you wanted to needle him . |
| 16 | I could never think of anything to shout . ’ |
| 17 | Waugh perceived a resemblance between the two books himself , and in his letter to Orwell on Nineteen Eighty-Four he reproached him in a jibe as potent as any he ever made to friend or enemy : ‘ Men who love a crucified God need never think of torture as all-powerful . ’ |
| 18 | I can never think of anything to say . ’ |
| 19 | M. Look , if there are enough of us who believe the bomb is wicked and that a decent nation could never think of having it , whatever the circumstances , then the government would have to do something . |
| 20 | You must never think of such a wicked thing again . |
| 21 | It was rough but you know it , it w it was petty things that we was in trouble for , not , nothing sin I mean we would never think of mugging anybody or vandalizing things for the sake of vandalizing . |
| 22 | Oh , Sally-Anne , do you never think of what you are saying before you say it ? — all in the most sorrowful manner , no doubt . |
| 23 | Though I am envious , I would never think of competing . |
| 24 | Why did I never think of this before ? she wondered blankly . |
| 25 | Where she need never think of him again . |
| 26 | Clearly Travis , unlike his cousin , would never think of noticing familiar-looking vehicles in the parking area ! |
| 27 | She turned back to her hostess to confide , ‘ My brother 's living in India , ’ and quickly , before anyone could make a meal of that , she laid a possessive hand on Naylor 's and queried , ‘ Did you never think of entering the wine-importing business , darling ? ’ |
| 28 | Well I 've never had the experience and I do n't think my family have , I er no I should n't think it was really , they might , I suppose somebody , they used to have a reputation at one time these chemists was doing minor , giving you something for some minor ailment , but I would n't care to sort of er , I 'd never think of it , no there were quite a lot of doctors about you know , there was er Doctor at the top of Road and there was Doctor , Doctor oh there was a lot of doctors about . |
| 29 | And er I mean , things like squid and that I ca I quite like , but I 'd never think of get buying it , I would n't buy it and cook it myself or anything . |
| 30 | He was tall and strong and beautiful but he could never think like a man or a king . |