Example sentences of "[subord] never [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would n't it be better to love like that for a little while than never to know what it is like ? ’ she asked herself silently . |
| 2 | Is it better to have published and gone out of print than never to have published at all ? |
| 3 | ‘ And terrible though it is , Mama , is n't it better to feel like this now than never to have known what it was like to love someone so much ? ’ |
| 4 | I suppose it 's as selfish to want to go on being ‘ In charge ’ as never to do anything for anybody , linda was thinking . |
| 5 | First , internecine rivalries ensured that his opponents would never join forces to oust him ; for that reason alone , they would be allowed to continue , though never to reach a point at which they might get out of hand and overwhelm him . |
| 6 | This was when I began to understand his drama , though never to accept it . |