Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [modal v] never [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 2 | and prove our Thomas wrong , he says I 'll never have a decent car . |
| 3 | I hope I shall never kick a ball again . ’ |
| 4 | After the war I vowed I would never wear a white tie again , and never have , I dislike it so much ; so , having been informed that most of those below the salt would be wearing black ties anyway , I put on my Kennedy tartan smoking jacket with green velvet facings which I had recently had made and of which I was sure that Sir Walter , who often wore a plaid , would have approved . |
| 5 | And I was told I would never get a job as a fireman . |
| 6 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 7 | You know I 'd never breathe a word to anybody . |
| 8 | It marks a change of heart for Scorsese , who once swore he would never make a film about the Mafia , and led De Niro to break a few rules of his own : ‘ I was in the middle of filming We 're No Angels when we started to discuss GoodFellas and began working on my role , Jim Conway , together . |
| 9 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 10 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't you see — ca n't you remember how it was ? ’ he asked , when everything was so indelibly imprinted on her mind that she knew she would never forget a moment of it . |
| 12 | ‘ I bet you 'd never leave a place in a state like this ! ’ |
| 13 | I fear he will never become a popular poet . |
| 14 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 15 | ‘ The bugger said I 'd never make a businessman . |
| 16 | fix the switch on I said you 'll never get a new one anyway . |
| 17 | And six out of ten of the companies that do not use PCs said they would never buy a computer at any time in the future . |
| 18 | So did Jim , although he said they 'd never get a word in if he came . |
| 19 | He was asked this question abotu ten years after the book came out and he said he 'd never do a sequal . |