Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [modal v] never [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 7 | ‘ The bugger said I 'd never make a businessman . |
| 8 | fix the switch on I said you 'll never get a new one anyway . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | So did Jim , although he said they 'd never get a word in if he came . |
| 11 | He was asked this question abotu ten years after the book came out and he said he 'd never do a sequal . |