Example sentences of "never [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently couples at their golden wedding celebration will say something to the effect of ‘ we made it a point never to go to bed angry ’ . |
| 2 | When I reached home , my wife made me promise never to go to sea again , and I thought my adventures had come to an end . |
| 3 | It was tedious , but no longer alarming , and as she contrived most mornings to slip down to the shore for gulps of sea air , though she was careful now never to go beyond the rocks around the headland , she did not chafe at the confinement as once she had . |
| 4 | Unwelcomed , unwanted , despised and dug out , they had added a new dimension to my life , given me another self and I wanted never to go from Claro . |
| 5 | He also made up his mind never , never to go near a ladder again . |
| 6 | ‘ I make it a rule never to drive at more than forty-five in a built-up area . ’ |
| 7 | If there is a distinction between a failure to consent and a refusal of consent , it is because a refusal can take the form of a declaration of intention never to consent in the future or never to consent in some future circumstances . |
| 8 | If there is a distinction between a failure to consent and a refusal of consent , it is because a refusal can take the form of a declaration of intention never to consent in the future or never to consent in some future circumstances . |
| 9 | It is important never to fall into routine ; and it is important that when we make music the audience sees that we enjoy playing well . |
| 10 | I truly believe that each of us had held on in there not only for ourselves , but also for the women we are destined never to meet in person , but with whom we share our motivation to create a world where our creativity is valued . |
| 11 | The sergeant made a mental note never to come to this pub again . |
| 12 | He chased the customer down the road and told him never to come in the shop again — that was the way Ron was ! |
| 13 | Nicholson had never carried out his threat to sue , though Hugo had endured some worrying weeks waiting to see if papers would be served on him , and the experience had made him determined never to work for the likes of Nicholson again . |
| 14 | It 's thick and durable but the carpet-layers swore never to work with it again . |
| 15 | Gurus of gossip The Hollywood Kids recently circulated a story about a hunky heart-throb labelled Pig Pen on the set of his latest film , whilst Movie Line magazine carried an item about an actress who had such a problem that her action hero leading man vowed never to work with her again |
| 16 | Larry Gelbart , co-writer of Tootsie , when asked what he had learned from the experience of working with Hoffman , replied , ‘ Never to work with an actor who is smaller than the Oscar statuette ! ’ |
| 17 | Laing knew it was a sentence ; never to work in banking ever again , anywhere in the world . |
| 18 | But passengers pursued me along the road , gathering up my garments and vowing aloud never to succumb to the pleas of their offspring for riding lessons . |
| 19 | I was never to discover for what misdemeanour Félix Vaugirard had been penalized . |
| 20 | The most common cause of damage when getting the glider out of the trailer and putting it back at the end of the day 's flying is impatience , and the only answer is never to rig without an adequate number of people . |
| 21 | He had offered the car to Hubert for the summer on condition that everyone promised never to stand on the running boards , because they were threatening to fall off . |
| 22 | The official line is that it remains Government policy never to comment on allegations of this nature . |
| 23 | Sure , right after he 'd made the captain of the vital supplies ship Antares promise never to talk about Heaven 's Gate — he did n't like thinking about how he 'd done that — he 'd called Magrit over a scrambled beam . |
| 24 | Durance said : ‘ Maurin and Joseph believed that as long as Sabine promised never to talk about the extent of her work on the paintings there 'd be no trouble . |
| 25 | ‘ I became very suspicious when he got several of us to sign contracts never to talk about Lifeboys . |
| 26 | ‘ But Melanie , sweetums — ’ the little-girl-lost voice again — ‘ you 're always telling us never to talk to strange men . ’ |
| 27 | This may help to explain the suspicion entertained by many of his friends that they were being placed in special compartments , never to mingle with those in other compartments , like cells in the honeycomb of his private life . |
| 28 | Never to volunteer for anything , for instance ; to keep her bedspace clean and tidy ; never , ever , to forget the eleventh commandment , Thou shall not get found out ; and if you were prepared to agree that every word of King 's Regulations was Holy Writ and accepted that leave was a privilege and not a right , then life in the Navy need n't be all that bad . |
| 29 | At one point on the next night Jordi drew me into the shadows and to my astonishment produced a vicious-looking switch-blade knife , warning me never to look at another man in his presence . |
| 30 | You will be consigned straight to hell , where you will roast in eternal agony , never again to know any peace , and never to look upon the face of God . |