Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] never [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , in truth , the finest holiday I 've ever spent on a building-site and I may never look a sardine in the gill again . |
| 2 | He told me I should never use a leash . |
| 3 | ‘ Everest will always be there but I might never get a chance to play at Twickenham again ’ — WILL KEFFORD ( Harlequins and Middlesex Colts full-back ) who cancelled a trip to join his father 's Everest expedition to play in the Colts Final at Twickenham which Middlesex lost to Lancashire ( 19–15 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll never make a secretary , Aggie ; I 've got nothing up top . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll never tell a soul ! ’ |
| 6 | OK , educate the child , educate the dog , but I could never let a child of mine walk around a ring with a big , powerful dog like that , because it is a big , powerful vicious beast . |
| 7 | In my first flat I had a very large cupboard that was always filled with things I could never find a use for , or I had forgotten about . |
| 8 | I 'd never do a thing like that ! ’ |
| 9 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 10 | ‘ The bugger said I 'd never make a businessman . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | You make me decide to go on a diet immediately , though even if I starved for a month I 'd never get a waist as slim as yours . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ If she went , ’ he says , ‘ I 'd never get a word in edgeways . ’ |
| 15 | You know I 'd never breathe a word to anybody . |
| 16 | I 'd never accept a job where I had to wear a skirt . |
| 17 | I 'd never shoot a dog |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I 'd never let a man knock me about , ’ she said with passion . |
| 19 | I would never make a pass at Caduta — no , not Caduta and if you made a pass at her , I 'd beat you up . |
| 20 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 21 | They wanted to get on but that made me swear if I ever got made Sergeant , I would never treat a man the way I was treated . |
| 22 | And I was told I would never get a job as a fireman . |
| 23 | The doctors told me I would never have a child of my own . |
| 24 | I hope I shall never kick a ball again . ’ |
| 25 | I shall never get a job again . |
| 26 | I will never forget a girl who sat in the living-room of our home in Switzerland . |
| 27 | ‘ I can never repeat a character who is here in the shop with me . |
| 28 | ‘ I can never understand a word Finn writes . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ God help me , I can never rear a lad . ’ |
| 30 | One vanity I am rarely guilty of is name-dropping , simply because I can never remember a name long enough to drop it . |