Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] you [modal v] never [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As secretary of state for defence you could never have afforded a position like this . |
| 2 | Of course you could never forget about it . |
| 3 | There I had the idea of the kind of sound you could never have in the concert-hall , a sound that exists only in the imagination and in the new kind of acoustic reality we were able to create through the recording itself . |
| 4 | being shouted at running nine miles with three tonne of stuff you 'll never use on your back |
| 5 | No partnership has a guarantee of happiness , and if you give up at the first hint of discord you 'll never find the rewards a mature and honest relationship can bring . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's the kind of bond you can never break , even if you do n't see much of each other . ’ |
| 7 | And er if you were interested in football you 'd never know till Tuesday morning what had happened on that Saturday , the previous Saturday . |
| 8 | ‘ I never like thinking too much , in conversation you should never have to think too much ’ , he spiels . |
| 9 | ‘ I never like thinking too much , in conversation you should never have to think too much ’ , he spiels . |
| 10 | Look , for the sake of argument , we 'll say that however much good you tried to do in society , in fact you 'd never do any good . |
| 11 | ‘ At home you can never get the gravy like they do here , ’ confides one elderly woman . |