Example sentences of "never find [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He never found work , made no male friends and had only a passing acquaintance with people in a local pub , including the 20-year-old barmaid .
2 The British law reform group , Justice , proposed a similar scheme for the UK more than 10 years ago , but it never found favour with the Government .
3 The tomb of Trivulzio bears a Latin inscription that , translated , reads , ‘ He who never found peace now rests — Silence ’ .
4 This was a handicap which he never found time to remedy later on in life .
5 ‘ I never found human faces very interesting ’ .
6 ‘ I never found human faces very interesting ’ .
7 The aim would be to help people ‘ who never find love , it 's not about casual sex . ’
8 Why not , in the dog days of summer , use your time to prepare those gorgeous punchcard and mylar sheet designs which you never find time to do when the knitting season is in full swing later on .
9 The lady concerned is left completely distraught , and a restless , searching ghost that never finds peace and affection .
10 " This nation has never found glory in war …
11 Although the concept is proven at club level , it has so far never found favour in international competition .
12 UNDER the improbable aegis of Ronald Reagan , who has never found occasion to say much good or bad about science during his long public career , it may well be that the American scientific community is headed for an economic boom .
13 Trusting virgins drafted into marriage never found Nature had all the answers when they turned out the light .
14 Then I did a day 's course in bouncing choreography but never found time to create a routine .
15 Mademoiselle , really , said Miss Potts , almost forgetting the rule the staff had of never finding fault with one another before the girls .
16 If the person 's heart was heavy with misdeeds , the Devourer would consume the victim and they would never find peace .
17 Examination of long stretches of numerical data , together with other methods of analysis , have shown that it is indeed varying chaotically ; that is to say , no matter how long the fluctuations continue , one will never find repetition of the detailed pattern .
18 I knew that I would never find happiness anywhere else .
19 The authoritarianism of a party will never find support among many of those young people , whose culture is so distinctively post-punk .
20 It was a dress she 'd bought at Kelly 's urging , even though she 'd been positive she 'd never find occasion to wear it .
21 You 'll never find Corosini on your own . ’
22 The conclusion drawn in the Malleus Maleficarum , the handbook on witchcraft written in 1486 by two Dominican friars , was that this made tears displeasing to the Devil , and he made it impossible for witches to cry so that they would never find repentance .
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