Example sentences of "they say [pron] [modal v] never " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said they 'd never go away and leave her again . |
| 2 | They said it could never happen , but in an act many will regard as nothing short of vandalism , an outdoor centre has negotiated privately with the owners of Brock Holes quarry in the Peak to place up to 50 bolts to secure a rope handrail across the rock . |
| 3 | Now I began to wonder if my friends had not been right when they said I would never see him again . |
| 4 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 5 | They said I 'd never know pain again , or hunger . |
| 6 | As I walked , I began to dance and improvise a song : ‘ They said you 'd never make it , la , la , la . ’ |
| 7 | A teenager who refused to believe doctors when they said he 'd never walk again may be about to prove them wrong . |
| 8 | And against the odds : They said he 'd never walk … but he 's fighting . |