Example sentences of "never [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relations between working class husbands and wives never lacked affection and it may well be that the poor , early twentieth century working class wife derived as great a satisfaction from the mix of activities she undertook to sustain her family as her modern counterpart does from , typically , a part-time job and the performance of less arduous domestic tasks ( with varying degrees of help from her husband ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I was always pretty confident and never lacked belief in my own ability , ’ he said . |
| 3 | It was , though , a gesture that was pretty much in character , for he never lacked confidence from the moment he scored 156 in his first county match for Sussex . |
| 4 | He never wasted time . |
| 5 | She never wasted time running errands . |
| 6 | He liked to believe that he never sought conflict . |
| 7 | But perhaps the best measure of Paul 's ability was that , although he never sought publicity or acclaim , he was voted Palace 's Player of Year for two consecutive seasons , both of which were spent in Division One , in 1979–80 and 1980–81 . |
| 8 | ‘ I never sought publicity . |
| 9 | Well , I never expected sampling to be part of it all . |
| 10 | Was it because he had n't spotted it , or because he felt it would be dishonest to do so , or because he never expected criticism ? |
| 11 | ‘ I never expected travelling on foot to be so arduous , ’ she said . |
| 12 | There was less arguing after that , but the two actors never became bosom buddies and never worked together again . |
| 13 | In Parliament he represented either Wootton Basset or Malmesbury from 1571 to 1597 , though he never became knight of the shire . |
| 14 | The stock immediately before the change included that relating to W 's practice , which never became part of B's stock , and following the dissolution B was engaged in only one part of the original practice . |
| 15 | In the west , large numbers of chapels are known which never became parish churches , but which are clearly pre-twelfth century in origin and had burial and baptism rights by that time . |
| 16 | The family was clearly influential , perhaps having been helped by his brother who was archbishop of Canterbury , and a third brother was an alderman , although he never became mayor . |
| 17 | By 1873 there were some signed reviews , an adoption of the French practice , which seemed very odd to most Englishmen and never became general , here or elsewhere , in the nineteenth century . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , you lost your breakfast and you never got lunch . |
| 19 | I never got head nor tail of that . |
| 20 | I never got cross , but he wanted an audience and I was prepared to be one . |
| 21 | You never got time to think about them , you were too busy . |
| 22 | Then there is the matter of sex and lifestyle , on which subject I recall a curious interview between Stirling Moss and Hunt in which Hunt says something like , ‘ Luckily , I never made no-sex a rule before a race . |
| 23 | If Colt knew , then he 'd be back , but it looks like he never made contact from the day he disappeared , so he wo n't know . |
| 24 | They played together a couple of evenings every month , but after that first time by mutual consent they never made love in her house , any more than they did in his . |
| 25 | They never made love with the light on and the act itself was too brief and impersonal to give her any pleasure . |
| 26 | Fru Gertlinger knew that Elisabeth did not want to unpick the past with her and she never made mention of it . |
| 27 | They never made Sergeant . |
| 28 | I thought he was drunk , but he never made sound or move . |
| 29 | He never recovered consciousness and died that evening . |
| 30 | Lady Thatcher never drew breath , while John Major was a good listener . |