Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never hated himself more . |
| 2 | I have never regarded myself as a member of the " personality brigade " but as a television journalist who is equally experienced and valuable to a unit behind the cameras as in front of them . |
| 3 | She had never regarded herself as a very organised person , and did n't even consider she had a routine ; but when George retired , realised that she did have a kind of pattern . |
| 4 | I 've never stopped myself talking to her about anything before , she thought . |
| 5 | When you 've done that first one you 'll have to let us have a listen , I 've never heard myself on the tape before . |
| 6 | Further , the judges in relation to their judicial duties as to who should have the rights of audience have never divested themselves of those duties , nor could they ever do so . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never had children , I 've never given myself the time and that 's a matter of some regret . |
| 8 | What worried him far more than the prospect of change , was the fact that he shied away from it , as a man set in his ways , and that was something he had never considered himself to be . |
| 9 | Despite his obvious sex appeal — to both men and women — Banderas insists that he has never considered himself particularly attractive . |
| 10 | Without doubt , the construction of such a hegemonic bloc for socialist objectives must involve winning the support of many people who regard themselves as ‘ middle class ’ or of no class , many who have never considered themselves socialists , many who are not members of trade unions , by colonising and re-defining the notion of the popular or national interest ( while avoiding chauvinism and the opportunistic erasure of real social differences ) . |
| 11 | I had never considered myself as a shy quiet child so drama and acting never bothered me . |
| 12 | She had never considered herself so . |
| 13 | Soviet leaders never committed themselves ideologically and politically to Finland in the manner they did in Afghanistan . |
| 14 | An additional complication comes from the fact that Congress has never committed itself to paying for the entire SSC . |
| 15 | We have never committed ourselves to meeting it , no matter how high the rate . |
| 16 | ‘ I have never let myself go like that , ’ Alida said , ‘ never . |
| 17 | In all his plans , he had never let himself contemplate an outcome as vicious as that . |
| 18 | She had never permitted herself to conjure it up . |
| 19 | At the end of the session , he thanks the dentist and says ‘ I can truly say I 've never enjoyed myself so much . ’ |
| 20 | But then he , himself , had never concerned himself greatly with the case of Michael Holly . |
| 21 | ‘ Sara has never concerned herself with the business . ’ |
| 22 | I take the opportunity of the publication of your paper to draw attention to these small details , with respect to which I have never moved myself , because until they interest others in the neighbourhood i should be sorry to be supposed to move in them for any interest of my own . |
| 23 | I had never presented myself like that to anybody . |
| 24 | In this context , Felicity ( Alice was still trying to banish the word ‘ squaw ’ from her mind ) Felicity gave off an impression of light and warmth , as if she had never presented herself as dark . |
| 25 | First , those who have a political interest to pursue will not in fact always do so , for example consumers , who are numerous but widely distributed , generally have never organized themselves as effectively or as efficiently as producers , who are much fewer in number but already have a business organization able to be adapted for political purposes . |
| 26 | He 'd never seen himself as old . |
| 27 | Why had he never seen himself so clearly , he wondered ? |
| 28 | And Mrs Friar had never seen herself naked since she was three years old , and even then it was an accident . |
| 29 | He remembered not only his father 's harshness , but that he had worked hard and struggled to give both children a good education , holidays abroad and a comfortable home , all things he 'd never had himself . |
| 30 | Otherwise Toby was father , mother and elder brother to the boys , and on the whole he enjoyed himself , creating for them the home he felt he had never had himself . |