Example sentences of "never [vb past] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 2 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 3 | I never believed I could wish anyone dead , but last night changed all that . |
| 4 | After last year when I lost the championship by one point on the last round I never imagined I would end up winning it this time with two rounds to spare . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But I never imagined I 'd meet anyone like Alison . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I never imagined it would end like this . |
| 7 | I never imagined it would leave room for feelings of resentment and indifference . |
| 8 | ‘ I never imagined she 'd do such a thing . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I never had much time for him when he was young , but I never guessed he 'd do anything as rotten as this ! ’ |
| 10 | Mr Brown said the former railway worker often said he felt he was dying but never hinted he might kill himself . |
| 11 | ‘ I liked him the moment I met him but I never dreamed we 'd end up like this . |
| 12 | When Waterford Wedgwood Canada 's Gail Lilly volunteered to help out in a major international athletics event , she never dreamed she would find a pen-pal who would write to her from the other side of the world . |
| 13 | ‘ I never dreamed she would take it like that , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in a shocked tone . |
| 14 | Jean added : ‘ I was doing things I never dreamed I would have done . |
| 15 | ‘ I never dreamed I 'd come back to find you at the head of a company . |
| 16 | I never dreamed I 'd find an American beauty in the heart of Rome . ’ |
| 17 | Wella 's high quality , creamy formulations give you a look you never dreamed you could achieve at home . |
| 18 | ‘ I never dreamed you 'd look in my room , ’ she muttered . |
| 19 | ‘ We never dreamed it would cause so much fuss , ’ said Winner . |
| 20 | ‘ I never dreamed it would come to this , ’ she declared . |
| 21 | I never dreamed anyone would take offence because my feet are always under the court benches . ’ |
| 22 | ( Strangely , Gabriel never felt he could fly when he was wearing the harness . |
| 23 | In 1988 , Julie had a year like Helen Dobson 's , a year in which she never felt she could lose . |
| 24 | I never thought we would get anything like that sum , but the nature of the charity obviously struck home . |
| 25 | ‘ After Gavin slotted over those first three kicks we never thought we would lose , ’ said the hooker . |
| 26 | As they say erm whether they were thinking , Well we will starve them on the gate out and they 'll have to come back , that 's another situation but erm I never thought we 'd have so much support from people and we can still erm I mean I 'd rather be back at work but erm that is the situation . |
| 27 | I never thought we 'd see this day . |
| 28 | I never thought we could see it like this . ’ |
| 29 | The girls never thought they would lift their faces to the rain in gratitude . |
| 30 | I never thought they 'd flower . |