Example sentences of "[pers pn] will never [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll never make a secretary , Aggie ; I 've got nothing up top . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll never tell a soul ! ’ |
| 3 | I will never forget a girl who sat in the living-room of our home in Switzerland . |
| 4 | ’ Ye 'll never get a taxi at this time of night . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll never make a writer , ’ he said . |
| 6 | You 'll never make a poker player , Miss Swift ! ’ |
| 7 | He flexed his hands under the cloth , and shouted irritably at Rosa , ‘ You 'll never make a city woman , thank God , ’ and then , seeing her face fall , wondered at it . |
| 8 | " You 'll never make a nun , you baggage . |
| 9 | ‘ Just promise me you 'll never handle a crossbow whenever I am anywhere near you . ’ |
| 10 | You 'll never push a pushchair with that lot on , Helen . |
| 11 | Leave it to the Greeks , and you 'll never get a Crusade . |
| 12 | ‘ Else you 'll never get a girl , looking like a beanpole . ’ |
| 13 | I trust you , you 're not a fool , you know what could happen if you got up to some mischief out there , ’ and her fingers described general obloquy with a sweeping gesture of abolition , ‘ and then you 'll never get a husband either . |
| 14 | Southern hooligans in employment sing ‘ You 'll never get a job ’ to northerners , especially Liverpudlians . |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway , you 'll never get a job here , Robyn . |
| 16 | ‘ No ! ’ he said , ‘ you 'll never get a job as long as your father is taking the Daily Herald ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’ |
| 18 | Well she 'll never get a size four on , my boots . |
| 19 | One is married already , one has declared that she will never take a husband , and the third has two suitors after her as it is . |
| 20 | Of course , you will never hear a word about success and achievement from the benches opposite . |
| 21 | You will never catch a husband if you persist in looking like a dowd ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll never make a policeman out of you , Auguste . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll never get a seat , my girl , unless you buck your ideas up , ’ Mary said sharply . |
| 24 | Since simplex pivots can be chosen to avoid cycling and θ > θ ensures we will not reach the preceding tableau again , we will never repeat a tableau , when increasing θ . |
| 25 | After a moment 's reflection , however , Jonadab went on , ‘ They 'll never miss a couple o' pairs . |
| 26 | " They 'll never get a fox to leave . " |
| 27 | No no , they will never make a price in Perth now you have terrified them , ’ and Cameron would have to spend a good few shillings to make the drove move on . |
| 28 | They will never follow a drum now . |
| 29 | Cushions and pads may help for a while but they will never convert a seat or chair that is bad for your back into one which gives you comfort and relief . |
| 30 | ‘ He 'll never lay a finger on her . |