Example sentences of "[noun sg] they never [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it never did it any good they never got to run their own economy . |
| 2 | That 's one murder they never solved . |
| 3 | Just because they got a cut they never have to put it out . |
| 4 | After their term they never speak of the mysteries they have witnessed . |
| 5 | In theory they do but in practice they never have . |
| 6 | In fact , it could be said that the only women these days who sport one single fragrance , all the time , are those famous glamour-pusses — Joan Collins , Elizabeth Taylor , Paloma Picasso , and so on — who are paid several millions of dollars a year to endorse a ‘ signature ’ scent , on condition they never allow gossipy fellow lunchers in smart restaurants to get an illicit whiff of ‘ Chanel No 5 ’ as they swan by . |
| 7 | When I visit the veterans , they have such a wealth of experience to tell of the old days , some I may add , from before I was born , and it does seem such a shame they never get an invite to look behind the scenes of a present day JS branch . |
| 8 | Maybe it was a job they never finished . ’ |
| 9 | Thank goodness they never last ! |
| 10 | They played together a couple of evenings every month , but after that first time by mutual consent they never made love in her house , any more than they did in his . |
| 11 | Er reimbursement for expenses so petrol , postages that sort of thing , but the time of running around you ca n't get back , which is one of the factors that back to the old Which magazine they never deal with this say yes you can deal with it and I read some person that says it only took me forty hours , yes forty hours at legal rates , well that would be a big bill . |
| 12 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 13 | In a world of rapid change they never change . |
| 14 | Of course they never came out and he was left with three digital watches which , in the cold light of day , turned out to be worth approximately 99p each retail , 30p wholesale . |
| 15 | It is criticized by the Tories and the media and of course they never explain how it works , so it is not surprising that the general public is suspicious of it . |
| 16 | Of course they never guessed . |
| 17 | Brynteg was a subject they never discussed . |
| 18 | But er , in the end they never got the license back . |
| 19 | walnuts never if you crack them along the seam they never come out whole , you always break into the nut |
| 20 | ‘ Seems there was a lot they never told us , ’ said William . |
| 21 | I used to look in there and there was the Christmas tree and the Christmas decorations and they 're always up right through the year they never took them down ! |
| 22 | Peter Naulls and he , searching for the hole into the mine , had got as suntanned as if they had been on the kind of holiday they never had , on the beaches of Spain or Italy . |
| 23 | A toilet with a hose to wash it down , a kiosk from which to sell tickets and Pepsi-Cola , and a rude shelter for a projector they never secure . |
| 24 | And in fact they never made it to the man 's house in the country that night , because Boy made him stop the car twice more . |
| 25 | Although he still speaks bitterly of the pressure put on him by the authorities , in fact they never succeeded in obliging him to send the children to school ; he was not even fined as he would have been in Britain . |
| 26 | In fact they never discussed what she had given him ; Boy sensed that this was a private matter , something to think about but not talk about . |