Example sentences of "we never [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have to act like we never knew the man , understand ? ’ |
| 2 | and we never knew the name of the game . |
| 3 | We never had the chance to feel lonely . |
| 4 | ‘ We never had the sack . |
| 5 | I think people felt we were aiming for this point , but we never had the opportunity to do it before . |
| 6 | ‘ We never had the money for such things , ’ Nora replied . |
| 7 | ‘ We never left the country , we never embraced the armed struggle . |
| 8 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 9 | I do n't know of any boxing match that 's ever captured the interest of people and it was that night , course we never heard the result , not until we got to Egypt , you there was no wireless you see , you did n't know what was happening at all . |
| 10 | We never receive the impression that Dickens has to struggle with the English language to express his meaning . |
| 11 | I hope that we never reach the position that I have sometimes , although not often , met in my constituency , when I have received a phone call from a private home to the effect that it could no longer keep a patient who had perhaps become doubly incontinent . |
| 12 | and that was the only one night we never took the video camera with us |
| 13 | Er Zain has tried to ring , I have tried to ring , we have had no you know , we never got the person in . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd been beavering away on Imaginary for a while but we never got the success we deserved through limited resources . |
| 15 | No we never got the fire engine out we just er we just when we got |
| 16 | We never get the credit The public do n't |
| 17 | with her really , we never get the chance to , but she is always on her own , none of the other three , if you look , never |
| 18 | Even in the morning you know just talks about it all the while and then we never get the work actually started or finished . |
| 19 | So effectively we 're paying , whilst we never use the typing pool or the plan print room , we 're paying a proportion of those costs on a per capita basis |
| 20 | It 's like we never let the dog in . |
| 21 | The moor can be a very pleasant place on a bright spring day , and we never found the work tedious . |
| 22 | Well it says if you have to do it when the television 's on , we never have the television off |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , that 's all very well , but we never discussed the matter of pocket money . ’ |
| 24 | The social philosopher Alfred Schutz ( 1889–1959 ) was concerned to demonstrate how we never notice the way in which everyday life works ( Schutz 1943 ) . |
| 25 | Fumes Colin : ‘ We never intended the track to be an advert for ecstasy and it makes me really angry that people have taken that attitude about the song . |
| 26 | Why did we never see the child ? |
| 27 | Whether it was give it a better flavour or no , I do n't know but we never used the saltpetre . |
| 28 | Although we never transformed the inquiry process into anything approaching a people 's tribunal , we did turn it into something much more accessible than many people had ever conceived . |