Example sentences of "[conj] he [modal v] never [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Tormey one of the ‘ purest ’ instances of representational behaviour is that of an actor who rages on stage as Lear but who could not possibly be expressing his own rage or he would never complete the performance . |
| 2 | ‘ The new owner of the Enderley estate is a hard man , or he 'd never have the heart to turn her out , even if he does want her cottage for a gamekeeper . |
| 3 | Francis understood all of this , of course , or he 'd never have done it . |
| 4 | They are submissive but dignified , with that look of yearning that brings to mind Ehrenburg 's comment that Modigliani saw all his subjects as lost children : his own Jeanne , Zborowski , and perhaps most of all , although he would never admit it , he himself come into that category . |
| 5 | Although he 'll never walk again , he 'll get the help he needs to live as full a life as possible . |
| 6 | He said although he can never give an absolute undertaking on public expenditure , he has assured diocesan officials that the schools are expected to satisfy new funding criteria for 1993–94 . |
| 7 | If , for instance , he is on the common law side , the case that he is asked to consider may turn on the Landlord and Tenant Acts , the Rent Acts , the Consumer Protection Act , the Food and Drugs Act , the Town and Country Planning Acts , the Arbitration Act , tax law , separation , bankruptcy , conflict of laws , carriage of goods , insurance , and many other topics that he may never have studied at the University or for his Bar examinations He will not be expected , and will not need , to have every detail of all these subjects in his mind . |
| 8 | At the age of 21 — with real fears that he may never work again — Mike is a statistic that should shame John Major . |
| 9 | Noel now swears that he 'll never drink and drive again . |
| 10 | If you ask me , he 's one of those chaps whose marriage was so close and idyllic that he 'll never get over his wife 's death : he 's just passing the time as usefully as he can . |
| 11 | COUNTRY star Daniel O'Donnell sets out on a 46-date UK tour next week … after fears that he might never perform again . |
| 12 | The film includes an extraordinary moment when she orders the punishment of a man who had threatened to rape her so that he might never threaten women again |
| 13 | ‘ From our very first meeting he has always told me that he would never do anything to put the Soviet Union 's security in danger — and he knows that I would never endanger our security . |
| 14 | I knew him well enough by now to know that he would never presume to tell me what to do . |
| 15 | And as the beam of light had spun free , before it exploded into darkness again , an image had burnt into his mind that he would never forget . |
| 16 | As he rode away , Seb thought it had been a very small lie , yet it had brought an expression of joy to Melody 's face that he would never forget . |
| 17 | When he eventually gave up and drove away , he was weighed down by a leaden conviction that he would never return . |
| 18 | The payment made to Olaf Tryggvason in 994 , for example , seems to have been part of a deal in which Olaf agreed to be confirmed ( with Æthelred standing sponsor ) , and promised that he would never return to England . |
| 19 | In the North , people wondered why Morrissey took a flat in a fashionable area of London after he had openly pledged that he would never leave his home city . |
| 20 | Perhaps none felt it more than Peter , who boasted that he would never leave Jesus . |
| 21 | And she also knew that Dr Neil was well aware of why she had done what she did , and she knew something else — he was not only sorry for McAllister , but was even sorrier for Mrs Darrell , as well , a widow who had lost her husband in the most cruel circumstances , and for whom he knew that he would never offer , despite his pity for her . |
| 22 | His medical went well until he revealed that he suffered from asthma and David pointed out to him that he would never cope with that particular job . |
| 23 | He had practically made up his mind that he would never go back — certainly not to Moyalla and probably not to teaching . |
| 24 | He once swore , he said , that he would never give up his freedom and take on such a big post , but now here he is . |
| 25 | Duncan did n't tell him that he would never marry while he was a serving officer in the SAS . |
| 26 | It was ridiculous to suppose that he would never marry . |
| 27 | And forthwith he made a vow in her hands that he would never accompany with her , neither in the desert nor in the inhabited place , till he had won five battles in the field . |
| 28 | She stood there dejectedly looking at him , convinced that he would never want to lay eyes on her again . |
| 29 | He wanted to soothe and calm him and , in the same instant , tell him that he would never want for anything , not as long as he , Nicholas de Loit , MP , had anything to give . |
| 30 | His sword was extended in two-handed guard and suddenly Rostov knew that he would never admit that he had been beaten . |