Example sentences of "never [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never shared her inner thoughts with anyone , not even her friends at school who had come to regard her as something of an enigma . |
| 2 | He never shared their meals , eating by himself in the parlour with Miss Evans waiting on him , but sometimes he would come into the kitchen while they were having their tea and say , ‘ Well , Caroline , it 's a fine day for the race , is n't it ? ’ |
| 3 | I never shared my family 's passion for horses . |
| 4 | I never overstayed my welcome and always dreamed up some excuse if any of them suggested meeting me outside working hours . |
| 5 | The truth he had been about to disclose never passed his lips . |
| 6 | However , I must stress that the word ‘ vigilante ’ in fact never passed my lips during the interview conducted by your reporter . |
| 7 | With the stigma of a life-ban hanging over him , his club form never realised its early potential and he now works as a storeman on an off-shore oil rig . |
| 8 | But my father never realised his plan … |
| 9 | It took the Venetians until 1420 to win control of all the territory promised to them by Ladislas , who in fact never realised his ambition to wear the crown of Hungary . |
| 10 | ‘ I never realised our dog was so clever ! ’ |
| 11 | He was soon posted to north Africa , and never met their only child , a daughter born 8 June 1941 . |
| 12 | She never met my eye . |
| 13 | The men were sullen and never met his eye ; but someone had to organise them , and no-one cared to oppose him . |
| 14 | I never met his eyes and I do n't think he noticed me much , but we were all , Emil , Oliver , Cathy and I , becoming slowly and inevitably more recognizable to the passengers . |
| 15 | Scriptwriter Tony Warren never expected his creation , played by William Roache , to last for more than a few years . |
| 16 | He never asked her name . |
| 17 | I NEVER ASKED her name . |
| 18 | ( I never asked her name . ) |
| 19 | I never asked his name either . |
| 20 | Patrick , crouched over his books at the other end of the table , never asked his advice ; but then Patrick had always been faintly hostile and jealous of a masculine encroachment on a territory that had been his alone since the departure of the two eldest boys . |
| 21 | It is of course possible that he was wrong in his initial assumption — which would explain why he never expanded his ‘ proof ’ in his notes — but we have to remember that the man was a mathematical genius . |
| 22 | Ruysch , a member of the Royal Society , devised an arterial technique for human embalming ; although a master of the art he was extremely secretive and never divulged his recipe . |
| 23 | Parents , almost universally , never read Her Majesty 's inspectorate reports on their schools . |
| 24 | I should say at this point that I never read my own articles once they have appeared in print . |
| 25 | Sir Harold rarely bought at auction and never lent his treasures out for exhibition , so most of the pictures are little known , with the exception of Frans Hals 's ‘ Merry lute player ’ , which is in fact in danger of overexposure . |
| 26 | ‘ You never got her full name ? ’ |
| 27 | She never got her use back and she never spoke again . |
| 28 | And er Margaret never got her money back from er , for . |
| 29 | He was told to strip for a medical examination but he was n't up to scratch and failed , and so never got his chance . |
| 30 | Soft bastard , he never got his hands dirty . ’ |