Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd never [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never do a thing like that ! ’ |
| 2 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 3 | ‘ The bugger said I 'd never make a businessman . |
| 4 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 5 | You make me decide to go on a diet immediately , though even if I starved for a month I 'd never get a waist as slim as yours . ’ |
| 6 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 7 | ‘ If she went , ’ he says , ‘ I 'd never get a word in edgeways . ’ |
| 8 | You know I 'd never breathe a word to anybody . |
| 9 | I 'd never accept a job where I had to wear a skirt . |
| 10 | I 'd never shoot a dog |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I 'd never let a man knock me about , ’ she said with passion . |
| 12 | You 've also got to be able to get comfy and take a breather when you can or you 'd never last a race . |
| 13 | ‘ I bet you 'd never leave a place in a state like this ! ’ |
| 14 | You 'd never get a match . |
| 15 | You 'd never get erm you 'd never get an exchange . |
| 16 | You 've got to knock some sense into them or they 'd never do a stroke . |
| 17 | Anyway , they 'd never bother a couple ’ |
| 18 | So did Jim , although he said they 'd never get a word in if he came . |
| 19 | He was asked this question abotu ten years after the book came out and he said he 'd never do a sequal . |
| 20 | Claudia looked at him with resignation ; of course he had … he 'd never let a trick pass him by . |
| 21 | Alain Michel was one of those men who looked like he 'd never win a world championship . |
| 22 | He 'd never become a household name , unlike his famous younger brother , Icarus , but instead , remaining grounded , had prospered . |
| 23 | If he could relive that shot I 'm sure he 'd never take a driver there off the tee ( Azinger has said just that in print ) because it lost him the Open . |
| 24 | ‘ John may be mad , but he 'd never buy a horse as hot as that as a first horse for his daughter ! ’ |
| 25 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 26 | He 'd never say a word . |