Example sentences of "[pron] never [vb past] [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 | Fribble , who had been eating his supper with industrious pleasure , said , ‘ I never heard that story until lately , you know . |
| 3 | No , I never heard that name round here an' I 've lived here all my life … |
| 4 | ‘ Course , there 's badgers up in the banks but I never heard that name — ’ She broke off . |
| 5 | ‘ I never heard such nonsense , ’ he blustered . |
| 6 | I never heard such nonsense . " |
| 7 | In more than one case , I never heard another word . |
| 8 | I never wrote another word . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | I never touched this table . |
| 11 | I never believed that story myself . |
| 12 | " I never believed such stupidity could exist , " the Collector said to McNab , for whom he had come to entertain a great respect . |
| 13 | I never lived that way . |
| 14 | ‘ I never came this way before . ’ |
| 15 | I never understood this kind of complaint — off side is n the rules so why not play by it . |
| 16 | ‘ All my school life , I was under the impression I was not completely stupid but pretty dumb so I never had that oomph . |
| 17 | I never I never had that feeling . |
| 18 | I was born wi I never had much hair . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ I never had much time for him when he was young , but I never guessed he 'd do anything as rotten as this ! ’ |
| 21 | I never had another bite . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I knew he was on the take , but I never had enough evidence to show Hamilton . |
| 24 | I 've had tons of guitars , but never at the same time — I never had enough money to have them all at once . ’ |
| 25 | I never had enough time to spare for my wife , let alone other women — even if I 'd been so inclined , which I was not . ’ |
| 26 | The acid test was when I told him why I never had any money to spend , but he was very understanding . |
| 27 | I never had any money to buy her the things she wanted . ’ |
| 28 | I never had any money erm that would help me to get off benefit , I was caught in the benefit trap and now I 've been able to get a part time job , my husba ex-husband 's paying a reasonable amount and my children are better off . |
| 29 | After that I never had any illness . |
| 30 | About nationalisation I never had any doubt . |