Example sentences of "[pron] never [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just about to ask him about the horse — and I never got another chance afterwards . |
| 2 | I never get any merit marks for , we never get any merit marks from our French teacher |
| 3 | The children fight a lot , wo n't do as they are told , I never get any time for myself and all I seem to do is to wash , clean and pick up after them . |
| 4 | Fribble , who had been eating his supper with industrious pleasure , said , ‘ I never heard that story until lately , you know . |
| 5 | No , I never heard that name round here an' I 've lived here all my life … |
| 6 | ‘ Course , there 's badgers up in the banks but I never heard that name — ’ She broke off . |
| 7 | ‘ I never heard such nonsense , ’ he blustered . |
| 8 | I never heard such nonsense . " |
| 9 | In more than one case , I never heard another word . |
| 10 | I never wrote another word . |
| 11 | ‘ I decided I was fed up with having to go out on the road all the time in order to pay a mortgage on a house I never spent any time in ! ’ he told me . |
| 12 | I never touched this table . |
| 13 | I never believed that story myself . |
| 14 | " I never believed such stupidity could exist , " the Collector said to McNab , for whom he had come to entertain a great respect . |
| 15 | I never lived that way . |
| 16 | Not only have I never handled any drug stronger than an aspirin , but discretion and confidentiality are an integral part of my job . |
| 17 | And I never remember any boy ever cry . |
| 18 | Yes , well I never use that word actually myself , |
| 19 | Although erm I do n't think I like , I never use that term and I hope it passes over . |
| 20 | ‘ I never came this way before . ’ |
| 21 | I never understood this kind of complaint — off side is n the rules so why not play by it . |
| 22 | I never take much notice of how I leave things , so I could be wrong . |
| 23 | ‘ All my school life , I was under the impression I was not completely stupid but pretty dumb so I never had that oomph . |
| 24 | I never I never had that feeling . |
| 25 | I was born wi I never had much hair . |
| 26 | And I mean there are lots of things now er which er how can I say I never had much interest before erm never thought th that they when you 've seen the help in hand they 've dished out erm , S D P , the erm oh the Council of Churches which you know never There are all sorts of erm I tell you another people and erm I sha the Gay and Lesbian Society you know , people take them er lightly but er it makes you sit up and and think now . |
| 27 | ‘ I never had much time for him when he was young , but I never guessed he 'd do anything as rotten as this ! ’ |
| 28 | I never had another bite . |
| 29 | It was when he attempted to argue , ‘ I would n't be bothered if I never had another ride in the National , ’ that he began to give himself away . |
| 30 | ‘ I knew he was on the take , but I never had enough evidence to show Hamilton . |