Example sentences of "never [adv] think " in BNC.

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1 I oppose the Poll Tax because it is unfair and the legislation was a botched-job , never properly thought out !
2 " Now then … in 1959 your husband came to the conclusion , and I am given to understand that you fully agreed , that it would be a sensible step for him to take employment for 15 months with a construction firm in Central America , in order to save the larger part of his salary Nenna protested that she had never exactly thought it sensible , it was the parting of lovers , which must always be senseless , but they 'd both of them thought that David , Panama , would be a wretched place to take small children to .
3 I should explain that I never once thought that he should ‘ give way to me ’ — as Nonni said he should — because I was ill ; only because , as I told him , I had always thought of him as ‘ a reasonable human being with some pretensions to morality ’ .
4 Yet , whenever she pinned the brooch to her dress , she remembered him , pleasantly , wishing him well , not in the least distressed by the absolute conviction that he would never once think of her .
5 Richard , 94 , and Ethel , 93 , of Malvern , Worcs. , agreed : ‘ We 've never once thought about anyone else . ’
6 During our Everest expedition in 1953 we had vast quantities of firewood at base camp and never once thought about the environmental problems
7 The price of ten shillings for a flight was two days ' pay for my father , so our pleasure was to watch and munch on salmon and cucumber sandwiches , never ever thinking that we might at some time aspire to those heights .
8 He never ever thought that he might live in one of these houses ; he always cast himself as the honoured young guest .
9 I never ever thought , my darling , that it would ever happen to me , that a man , a real man , a man with … . ’ she gave a little , happy gurgle , ‘ shoulders , and legs and eyes and things to say … would look at me … . ’
10 No , I think you just wash your hands , that 's it , cos we 've done long enough and I mean from say the Sunday thing , I mean we 've never ever thought of the Sunday making thing , being a profit making thing have we ?
11 You never ever think
12 I never really thought of it like that .
13 Although Steven Morrissey 's general depression , disgust and horror was certainly fuel for his songwriting ( he wrote constantly , almost as if in anticipation of the forthcoming band ) , he never really thought to question why he wrote .
14 He half sensed , never really thought it though , that whatever it was it was looking for , was essential to its very existence .
15 They never really thought nomes existed , he thought , but they wanted to believe that we did .
16 So could be Neil Mallender , now deservedly the Test bowler he never really thought he 'd be .
17 Well , having actually been to Nashville and found it a singularly ugly and inhumane property developer 's hell , I never really thought the city was downhome .
18 But I never really thought of the problems .
19 Something interesting happened to me that I never really thought about , erm , but I used to get these dreams where I used to dream that I 'd be either falling off a cliff or driving a car and getting into an accident and like or driving off a cliff .
20 Erm definitely savings , that 's something that er I never really thought about , it 's shown me a way to get some , some money together to buy , buy a boat which would be nice .
21 ‘ I never really thought I would go there , ’ he said .
22 But I , I never really thought it was rip-roaringly funny .
23 The key is to start with something simple ; 95 per cent of the decisions you make are unconscious — for example , when you drive a car you never really think about putting it into first or second gear .
24 And we it was fourth year when we done it and we 'd never been shown anything like that and it was interesting because it 's the sort of fact that you you never really think about
25 And everybody that sent cards , I mean it was really great I mean get well cards are sort of things that you see in shops and you never really think about it , but when when you 're lying flat on your back in hospital and you get cards for people , I mean it really does give you a lift .
26 ‘ I never really think about it .
27 I 've never really thought about it , though , because I 've always had so many other things to do .
28 Masklin had never really thought about the insides of aircraft .
29 But he 'd never really thought about the insides .
30 He 'd never really thought about it before today .
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