Example sentences of "[noun] never [verb] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The orderly American " dating " we saw in films or heard about in pop songs never happened in my adolescence .
2 Only one thing was certain — in his letter Mr Robinson had ordered Branwell never to return to his house or to speak to any of his family again .
3 Walter Brennan never pissed in his pants , though .
4 His boat never returned from its trip , nor was the Hooper ever seen again .
5 It was good fun but thank goodness my parents never learned of my involvement .
6 Ellie never returned to her parish church .
7 An elderly woman who fell while in a Darlington nursing home never recovered from her injuries an inquest heard yesterday .
8 She provided the affection and discipline which the princess never received from her mother .
9 Luke nodded slowly , his gaze never moving from her face .
10 Poor Hugh never came to her mind at all .
11 In fact , many non-essential , second line or group 2 workers such as those in textiles came out , although the General Council never called upon their services throughout the dispute .
12 Karen never arrived at her meeting with Drew , Pete and the journalist from the New York Times .
13 However , instead of er releasing and dealing with his rage , Wilson er instead chose to strongly identify with his father , erm argued er Wilson never grew beyond his father identification , because the situation whereby er Wilson was full of , of the conviction that his er mission in life was somehow divided .
14 Stephen never talks about his family or his past . ’
15 Mama never spoke of her family , insisting that she had been born an orphan , ’ Joan said , still unable to fully comprehend that she was not whom she had thought she was .
16 All her fears had been of Adam dead , Adam never waking from his trance , Adam turned into an automaton .
17 Uncle Philip never talked to his wife except to bark brusque commands .
18 The king never recovered from his fear of street noises .
19 There was some story about her and Claire 's grandmother having a set-to and she had the baby too early — anyway , my father-in-law never spoke to his mother again .
20 People never bragged about their beginnings , only about what they had achieved , and never admitted it was through someone else 's sweat .
21 ‘ I bet Bernhardt never bothered about her teeth , ’ said Wexford to annoy her .
22 Toffs never admit to their bastards , do they .
23 With the current retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art , which runs until 14 February , 1993 , the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat has received the attention that even this highly promoted artist never got in his lifetime .
24 I conclude that which I took so much pains about will never come to thy hands .
25 Some of the travellers never returned to their homes again .
26 STRACHAN Never beaten in his heart and always penetrating on the ball 8
27 The blinking red light was not out of view ; but Cowley never looked towards his car , never noticed the light , like a heartbeat , urgently pumping , urgently calling …
28 The PROFITBOSS never strikes at his people .
29 For example , despite horrendous pressures for short-term earnings after the acquisition of Conoco , the Dupont company never wavered in its support of its superb research department even though many of the targets and pay offs lay far in the future .
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