Example sentences of "we [modal v] never [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We may never have a better chance to conclude such a wide-ranging agreement . |
| 2 | ‘ We may never have a better chance to conclude such a wide-ranging agreement . |
| 3 | But there can not be an infinite series of causes stretching back endlessly ; for in that case , no matter how far back we were to look , we should never find a beginning of the whole process , and that in turn would make it quite impossible to understand how it could ever have got off the ground , let alone reached its present state . |
| 4 | We must never have a simplistic view of suffering . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll never make a policeman out of you , Auguste . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll never get a seat , my girl , unless you buck your ideas up , ’ Mary said sharply . |
| 7 | I 'll tell you now we 'll never get a six month 's overlap |
| 8 | Always , we could never keep a kettle of hot water in the house . |
| 9 | I very much hope that we shall never see a return to those bad old days . |
| 10 | Without such research we shall never have a conclusive demonstration of the need ( or lack thereof ) to include other indicators in resource allocation to the NHS . |
| 11 | We shall never have a moment 's peace ! ’ |
| 12 | Well we would never point a firearm at a child , erm there would be no cause to , no need to . |
| 13 | By the time we reached Tony it was obvious we would never find a crossing point . |
| 14 | ‘ We would never have a Labour government able to carry out a Labour programme — even when that programme had won far more votes than any of the other parties . ’ |
| 15 | Since simplex pivots can be chosen to avoid cycling and θ > θ ensures we will not reach the preceding tableau again , we will never repeat a tableau , when increasing θ . |
| 16 | We 're articulate enough to fool ourselves that we 're nice people , but there 's a strong undercurrent to our thinking that encourages us to view people with a disability as lesser , and until we come to terms with that , we will never have a proper support system . |
| 17 | But whatever , we are keen on it now , we should always have been , and if you treat people at the work place just like dirt , if you continue to turn Britain into a sweat shop , drive down wages , drive down people 's rights , then you may get some form of external investment come into this country , but we will never compete with the Dutch and the Germans and the Scandinavians , and we will never have a happy and united country . |
| 18 | Breton and Wintrobe rightly point out that ‘ we will never have a good understanding of the working of public and private bureaucracies if a representation of the behaviour of bureaucrats requires as many models as there are bureaus ’ ( 1982 , pp. 27–8 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ While we can never offer a real home from home , guests come knowing that they can get some of the comforts of home — like being able to make a cup of tea or have a drink without necessarily having to come downstairs or order room service . ’ |
| 20 | We can never achieve a perfect life by our own efforts , but as we rest in God 's love , seek God 's will , and identify with God 's life , then we are holy as he is holy . |
| 21 | And we ca n't guarantee an , an audience , we can never guarantee an audience |
| 22 | One of the factors limiting our understanding is that , with few exceptions , we can never have a macroscopic single crystal to study as is the case with metals or ceramics . |
| 23 | The top of the ladder is the eventual target of the programme but we can never climb a ladder starting at the top . |