Example sentences of "never work out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zambia had always been a black cloud in Jordan 's sky , but he could never work out why . |
| 2 | Anthony can never work out why . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr. Smith , I can read everything I 'm asked to , and I can understand all the words , so why is it that I can never work out what the main points are ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It is — ah — splendid and — ah — heartwarming to see you all here enjoying yourselves , and I want to say — ah — how much pleasure it gives my good wife and — ah — myself ’ ( he could never work out whether it should be ‘ I ’ or ‘ me ’ ) ‘ to be able to entertain you in our modest home . |
| 5 | It would probably never work out anyway . |
| 6 | He had mentioned it to me , in a roundabout sort of way , but I could never work out when it had happened or how old I was when it occurred . |
| 7 | ‘ Paul told me it was all over between us ; that it would never work out and that he and Sonia were going to make a fresh start . |
| 8 | I do n't , I can never work out what |
| 9 | I can never work out |
| 10 | I do n't , I du n no I , I can never work out whether I actually like Mr or not cos he can be , he can be , he 's such a cunt sometimes |
| 11 | It never worked out that way . |
| 12 | You know I 've been I would n't bother showing them some that worked , I 'll always pick the case that had some hiccup on it , so the basic skill you were trying to show them never worked out , you know what I mean and it 's well do n't worry about that , if it was a normal case |
| 13 | ‘ I left lecturing to try and see what the big wide world had to offer , but things never worked out . |
| 14 | The one-year one-day contract for Chris Cowdrey never worked out satisfactorily . |
| 15 | Sam had had something similar in Italy , although she had never worked out what the precise ingredients were . |
| 16 | I never see fewer than six or seven young men sitting around in the kitchen when I go in there , I 've never worked out who 's a brother or a cousin or what . |
| 17 | It was a nice piece of lingerie but I 'd never worked out why they named it after Spanish terrorists |
| 18 | ‘ We have never worked out what the chemistry is , but the audiences liked it and we realised ‘ Hey , we 've got something here ’ and really set to work on it . |
| 19 | What , what time erm although I 've been to San Franciso , I 've never worked out what time the evening news is there . |
| 20 | It 's a euphemism for dusting , but of course it never works out like that . |
| 21 | I try real hard to be sensible and do things right , but they never work out . |
| 22 | You can never plan too much , never work out too many details or anticipate too many ‘ worst cases ’ . |