Example sentences of "never [vb infin] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 21 We know you would never consider smuggling a wild orchid into your home country , but which of these considerations would most tempt you to break your resolve ? |
| 2 | In an upwards market this would benefit the landlord , who could never hope to achieve a full market rent pursuant to an interim rent application , but would disadvantage the tenant , who would presumably prefer the old rent to continue during negotiations , thereby acting as a negotiating factor . |
| 3 | ‘ Jamie would never have done a silly thing like climbing up the archway . ’ |
| 4 | He could never have been one of those charismatic men and women who inspire and enthuse ; equally , he could never have achieved an indifferent acceptance of failure . |
| 5 | If she suspected she had enjoyed her life more than most of her married contemporaries , she would never have used a pejorative word about the married state , since she had no personal experience of it . ) |
| 6 | What a mystery it is , the way we carry on , thought Liz , as she moved on to more congenial entertainment : remembering , suddenly , the oft-repeated claim of an Austrian refugee analyst of her acquaintance , who frequently and unashamedly rejoiced in having had in his house at one time no less than five Nobel Prize winners , a claim which she had always found endearing , ridiculous , foolish , alarming , comic , in its nai¨veté , its precision , its ruthlessness : remembering the alarms and excitement of her own early encounters with the famous , the great , the titled , the rich : remembering the ancient yearning to crowd her life with people , with voices , with telephone calls , invitations , children , friends of children : remembering , in short the dread of solitude , the dread of reliving her mother 's unending , inexplicable , still-enduring loneliness : and across these memories , flitting in a half second , as she made her way , for light relief , towards Kate Armstrong , fortifying Kate , came the question — why did Henrietta Latchett , who must have been invited to a hundred parties tonight , who could never have known a lonely evening , why did she choose to come to us ? |
| 7 | And when this was reported , Raimondin ( he was the original knight , the husband ) said , ‘ This is all your fault , I should never have married a horrible snake . ’ |
| 8 | Jimmy Airlie , chief Ford union negotiator , said : ‘ The princess should never have picked a foreign car in the first place . |
| 9 | Oddly enough I may never have had an operational tour had it not been for one of these fellow travellers . |
| 10 | ‘ You could never learn to speak a foreign language ’ one child is told , while others may frequently hear that ‘ You will never be as clever as your sister ’ or even ‘ You 're stupid ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Sir , ’ I replied , ‘ I will never help to take a brave nation 's freedom away . |