Example sentences of "never think [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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1 | no never thinks she 'll thought any thing like that , well you could of bought one could n't you out of that |
2 | You 'd never think we could eat could eat proper food . |
3 | ‘ You would never think he 'll be a bloody great eel one day , would you ? ’ |
4 | You 'd never think he 'd go into that sort of ball . |
5 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
6 | She had never thought she would see Alain . |
7 | Mother Francis the celibate nun who had never thought she could know the joy of seeing a child grow up in her care had loved Eve in a way that might well have made her blind to the feelings and sensitivities of other people . |
8 | I 've never thought you 'd . |
9 | He had never thought he could share his life with anyone . |
10 | No longer the much cosseted bearer of Robert 's son ( he had never thought it would not be a boy ) , a being set apart : real life suspended until it should all be over . |
11 | In his wildest nightmares he had never thought it would come to this . |
12 | She behaved as she had never thought it would be possible for her to behave . |
13 | And everybody was getting a bit bored with it cos as it dragged on this is s seven months when you know a long time to be I never thought it would have gone this as long as that when we started off with it . |
14 | I remember trying to help one of the sisters dress a badly wounded back — something I had never thought I could do . |
15 | We never thought we would not be able to go back . |
16 | I never thought we would get anything like that sum , but the nature of the charity obviously struck home . |
17 | ‘ After Gavin slotted over those first three kicks we never thought we would lose , ’ said the hooker . |
18 | Funny , we never thought we 'd be Sixth , did we ? |
19 | I never thought we 'd see this day . |
20 | ‘ I never thought we 'd be able to keep her . |
21 | We 've always been outcasts and we never thought we 'd be accepted . ’ |
22 | 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 . |
23 | I never thought we could see it like this . ’ |
24 | The girls never thought they would lift their faces to the rain in gratitude . |
25 | I never thought they 'd flower . |
26 | We never thought they 'd dare put the bodies there . |
27 | But erm , yes I 've heard a lot of people say that er , they never thought they could get this far . |
28 | ‘ I never thought I would surrender … myself … the principles I 've always cherished . |
29 | I never thought I would be involved in an adulterous affair . |
30 | I never thought I would become one of those people William is so fond of writing about in that filthy newspaper of his . ’ |