Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] never [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For ten minutes I never saw my float as the fish cruised up and down . |
| 2 | You always see the foxes I never see them . |
| 3 | Her body was alive , throbbing with pulses she never knew she had , and as she jerked her face away from his she knew he had once again defeated her , outclassed her , and she knew without a doubt that he was right : if there was ever a real fight between her and Damian Flint , he would take supremacy , she would be overpowered by the fierce excitement burning in her now , and he would walk away with victory on a scale she did not dare imagine . |
| 4 | That 's because large events involve extra considerations you never dreamed of when doing a small conference . |
| 5 | ‘ Still , I 'm sure it brought out hidden strengths you never knew you had . ’ |
| 6 | Anger welled up in Juliet , and boiled over into words she never meant to say . |
| 7 | And Lisa 's heart brimmed over as , with a look of adoration , Alexander responded with the words she never tired of hearing . |
| 8 | Why , Mamma , I could astonish you with a great many words you never heard in your life . |
| 9 | Then he went on to say those words you never believe they say , but they do — the ones about anything you may say may be taken dow , etc. , etc . |
| 10 | You feel punished for all the sins you never committed ; you 're supplicated and invaded . |
| 11 | It took us all day to get the months ' accumulation of gooey duck muck and seagull poo off the airframe , and despite getting soaked lying in cold puddles of grimy water under the floats we never did remove all the khaki slime from their bottoms . |
| 12 | Redland Bricks WE NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF YOUR VISION |
| 13 | Erm certainly I think all of our quarry , the quarry , I think we were overwhelmed with the support because it was really in our place that the dispute started and a lot of other people who I 'd spoken to you know they they were amazed at the support we received and , seemed to be the shyer the people you know the , some of the lads they never spoke much at lodge meetings , but after a while they 'd be getting up and saying their pieces and , you know I think it 's just because you knew you had backing , and people helping and urging you on , advising you , and the union helping and you know they leant over backwards in various fields to help us . |
| 14 | Tuesday comes and I 'm all set to head down when diaster strikes ( stupid computers they never do what you tell them to ) and the trip is cancelled . |
| 15 | I am giving him eyes he never had . |
| 16 | I mean all that kid do was scream , scream , scream , scream , I mean Ross was n't the best one to be with , cos he was selfish and of course in Julia 's eyes he never did any wrong but Kerry come off worse all the time and I said childminding is fine and it 's necessary but the people , you know that , that people ca n't know people and Julia was a spoilt brat so |
| 17 | Not that he used to hit us kids he never did . |
| 18 | Words he never thought of in the cottage . |
| 19 | But , for three months he never had you know , seven days a week like , you know . |
| 20 | Although the sides of the flysheet moved in high winds I never felt for one minute it would take off . |
| 21 | It never has moved from there because our two chairs and it 's normally only two of us watching it , cos if we 've got visitors we never have it on , you know , er they just face that way and it 's convenient and that 's where we put it . |
| 22 | And that was all , except of course for 3 cwt of catalogues from companies we never deal with and which we get sent through the post anyway . |
| 23 | They went to the pub with Air Marshal 's ranking chalked on their uniforms , windows were smashed to prove that broken glass need not draw blood , there were tremendous fights , he lived at the local hall , there was game , there were bounties we never saw in London — he sailed very very close to the law during that period . ’ |
| 24 | Many stores have run out of vacuum cleaners — and hundreds are being offered in newspaper small ads at a bargain £60 as shoppers try to sell cleaners they never wanted in the first place . |
| 25 | The succulent liberties it never had |
| 26 | Having coined and rehearsed the right phrases he never saw any reason why he should not use them several times , so he concluded , ‘ We do n't , I take it , want the police putting their big feet in it all over the place . ’ |
| 27 | Skills you never knew you had |
| 28 | Even in the worst hours she never gave any public impression that she was on the ropes . |
| 29 | When you 've been in London five minutes you never want to leave … |
| 30 | On these days I never snooped . |