Example sentences of "[conj] it never [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its capacity as spokesman the BDDA was particularly active in the educational field , where it never ceased to act as a pressure group in favour of the combined system . |
| 2 | David wanted to write a play — that 's what he fancied doing — although it never came about . |
| 3 | Richard Butcher writing in 1646 is the first to mention St. Thomas ' church , for medieval bishops ' registers show quite clearly that it never existed . |
| 4 | The result from the program 's point of view is that it receives an odd collection of keypresses , probably a set that it never received during testing . |
| 5 | In the Mediterranean coral was so abundant and so easily harvested that it never became valuable , at least in the home territory . |
| 6 | The point , so I thought , was to have one in case of emergency , and hope that it never came out of its pouch . |
| 7 | It struck me as a bit odd that it never seemed to leave the ground . |
| 8 | So strong was her need to talk to Simon , that it never occurred to her that he might not actually live there . |
| 9 | She said that it never occurred to her or her husband that her village would be harmed or its people endangered . |
| 10 | It was because I was subconsciously sure of them that it never occurred to me that I could be rejected . |
| 11 | The primary intention is only to consider the Cossacks on a formation basis , and certainly all the evidence indicates that it never entered the mind of anyone at HQ 5 corps that a comprehensive detailed screening process should take place , to sort out liability to repatriation on an individual basis . |
| 12 | Such was the austerity of his habits that it never entered his head himself to have any kind of formal dinner in which I could join . |
| 13 | He says that it never occured to him to apply for planning permission . |
| 14 | He says that it never occured to him to apply for planning permission . |
| 15 | In its post-election issue , the Independent on Sunday offered a list of phrases that it never wanted to hear again . |
| 16 | He had a sense of humour , did Walter , so it never got out of proportion . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't get a regular game for Bath 's first team so it never occurred to me that I might be selected , ’ he revealed . |
| 18 | And , as I say in the song , we wanted justice and it never came . ’ |
| 19 | I told him that I did n't mix with them and it never came into my life or my conversation . ’ |
| 20 | and it never came . |
| 21 | But the Sixties gave him a background to emerge from ; in fact , he wrote part of the script for the age and it never left him ; he did n't allow it to leave him . |
| 22 | We did n't sulk and we did n't pout and it never lasted . |
| 23 | And er I went six times and it never made any bloody difference . |
| 24 | I must admit I did n't have any confidence in the name , we once bought a goldfish on holiday and called it ‘ Arthur ’ , and it never made the trip home … ’ |
| 25 | And when the time come , they got her a new kidney , and it never took . |
| 26 | And send a whole day with , and it never hurt them . |
| 27 | The child was born to what must have been exhausted parents , strained to their physical and mental limits , and it never lived to see another year ; in the December of 1771 the nameless infant was buried on Catherine Hill — the first occupant of plot number 119 , but certainly not the last . |
| 28 | And it never became an authentic co-operative . |
| 29 | And it never sailed . |
| 30 | She was not a greatly intelligent woman , being one of those persons who always seem busy without ever achieving anything in particular , and it never failed to amaze her that her son could remember what he read when she had difficulty remembering the day of the week . |