Example sentences of "[verb] and [pers pn] never " in BNC.
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1 | Anyway , it would do no harm to try and you never can tell , Vincent — she might turn out to be a classic Greek beauty . ’ |
2 | I wanted her to come and she never did . |
3 | Cos the other day Dawn phoned and we never heard . |
4 | First , I was a gypsy and gypsies never forget and they never forgive . |
5 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
6 | They do n't know where it 's come from , they have never have done and they never will . |
7 | This government is not believing in integrated strategy , it never has done and it never will do and with the current the Government expansion plans it is becoming less and less likely . |
8 | He wandered off when we were n't looking and we never saw him again . |
9 | I have nothing to remember and I never will have . |
10 | Probably I feel there 's always something else I could do and it never seems to stop . |
11 | Ironically , fate intervened and he never did make that his career , which is probably just as well , since when he was given the task many years later of steering British Aerospace into the private sector he crossed swords with more than a few civil servants and did n't have a lot of time for them . |
12 | From the beginning , I never asked and he never said . |
13 | Well Tony , was who manager at the associated now , er he was very a very popular player , he was a goal scorer on one occasion , they played an away match at Swindon and he scored a goal and the goalkeeper got sent off a John so Tony went in goal and he saved a penalty later in the match , but he was a very popular player he was a a good goal scorer then there was Colin he , he had one of the hardest shots in the league you know , I 've , I 've seen the goalkeeper shrug his shoulders at , at defenders and say well how do you stop those , they used to call him Cannonball at one time , and er there was Tommy he had his collarbone broken and he never played again after , but he was a great centre forward he used to make a lot of space for the other forwards you know . |
14 | ‘ But nothing happened and I never heard from them . ’ |
15 | I liked her , we were starting to go out , then all this happened and I never saw her again . |
16 | He did n't change his clothes too often , and when he did he just picked up whatever was around him — Eva 's jumpers , Dad 's waistcoats , and always my shirts , which he borrowed and I never saw again . |
17 | There is magnetism in romantic gestures that make you forget you 've been standing in the same place for half the day , that there is not a child in the house washed and you never got flowers from your 's truly . |
18 | He said he 'd convert and he never did . ’ |
19 | to write again and again you know And you never get a positive answer , clear answer first , first time round do you ? |
20 | It 's just a hobby I really enjoy , journalism is the job I really want to do and you never know drama could come in handy one day ! |
21 | We did n't sulk and we did n't pout and it never lasted . |
22 | and I think , I think the difficulty with that is until you know it , as one person said to Alex in front of me ah well , we , we did exactly what you required and you never brought any audience , there was no audience , do you remember that ? |
23 | But er at any rate , we managed and he never asked after that . |
24 | Neither knew the other had gone and they never met . |
25 | and then they go and they never know where they are . |
26 | We want houses to be haunted and they never are . |
27 | you see , he , he he can he cancelled cos his name came up and then he cancelled and he never heard anything and went a bit er we told him about Doreen , he said , oh I better go down and see what 's happened er he went down and then about three minutes later he got this erm card yes er , this week to say that come in , but , before you come in ring to see if there 's a bed . |
28 | This has not happened and it never will . |
29 | It has so much to offer and it never fails to excite . |
30 | He wanted to stay straight , but that small glass vial was always being pressed into his hand , it seemed bottomless , the hours passed and they never reached the end . |