Example sentences of "[pers pn] never [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never expected to start a game , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Probably if it had n't have been for Sister Helen and I would have never have been able to b catch the at all because I never came to see a doctor . |
| 3 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
| 4 | She said : ‘ I never thought to enjoy a book about a foreign country so much ’ — she liked the expatriates , because they lived in the past . |
| 5 | I never want to see a bicycle again , even in a picture . ’ |
| 6 | I never intended to have a relationship with you . |
| 7 | I never intended to make a scene , but — ’ |
| 8 | By the end of that second night I never wanted to see a chip again . |
| 9 | Oh , yes , I never did get a chance to fly that big buzzard . |
| 10 | I mean Margaret used to come in and everything was done for her , I mean she never had to do a thing well that hit her terribly you see . |
| 11 | She never had to work a day in her life . ’ |
| 12 | Even though she has become Princess of Wales , the price Diana will probably pay is that she never gets to wear a crown . |
| 13 | She 'd had a couple of little fumbling and innocuous affairs , nothing serious , and she never dared breathe a word to Georg . |
| 14 | You never have to tell a person who 's had a heart attack , you never need to tell a woman when her husband has a stroke , I have to . |
| 15 | You never want to make a man the centre of your existence . |
| 16 | And you just never you never you never play football you never enjoy having a game and things like that so . |
| 17 | You never minded taking a risk , and , of course , that 's what it is . |
| 18 | Of these , only the Commodore 64C is now worth buying , and only then if you never plan to add a disc drive . |
| 19 | Of course we hope you never have to make a claim — but if you do , rest assured that it will be in good hands . |
| 20 | You never have to tell a person who 's had a heart attack , you never need to tell a woman when her husband has a stroke , I have to . |
| 21 | ‘ The press was always very kind to us , giving us so many free editorials that we never had to pay a penny for advertising . |
| 22 | We were soon visual and able to locate the airfield , where once again the radio was not manned , so we never did get a weather report . |
| 23 | Just never seems to be , we never seem to have a lot of time . |
| 24 | However , he never ceased to admire a poem like ‘ The Widow 's Lament in Springtime ’ : |
| 25 | ‘ Now , as Irish manager , he never has to discuss a contract , never has to sign a player . |
| 26 | He 'd promised the boy , he said , he never liked to break a promise . |
| 27 | He never looks to have a rest and at the end of the day when we 've come in , he 's still out there practising . ’ |