Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] never [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me sister never showed 'er legs in all 'er life , nor me , neither . |
| 2 | I have given lands and privileges to get knight service , and kept my army in the field by contracts my forefathers never countenanced . |
| 3 | Pre-Hugo , come to think of it , my hair never got mussed . |
| 4 | my Dad does the shopping on his way home from work on a Friday , so my Mum never goes to the supermarket , |
| 5 | My mum never took any board but now I 've got this job I 'll have to start paying her . |
| 6 | My mum never warned me about getting pregnant because she thought I was a good girl . |
| 7 | Put it this way at least my Mum never beat up my Dad . |
| 8 | My sister never gave twopence for convention either . ’ |
| 9 | My genius never fails to amaze . |
| 10 | It was about this time that I committed a faux pas which my contemporaries never let me forget . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , you are ; and now let me tell you something : years ago I made up my mind never to marry a woman older than myself . |
| 12 | My nose never smelt such noisome smells , and my eyes never beheld such ghastly spectacles ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ My ears never heard such doleful lamentations . |
| 14 | It was my practice never to record anything , especially conversations , after three days … it is surprising how efficient one 's memory can become with practice . ’ |
| 15 | The results of this tour , so far as the ladies of the party were concerned , tended to confirm all my previous impressions of their valour and vigour , and also to the strengthening of my determination never to undertake or propose any arrangement from which the ladies must of course be excluded . |
| 16 | It was good fun but thank goodness my parents never learned of my involvement . |
| 17 | My boss never said a word . |
| 18 | My boss never said a word to me . |
| 19 | My husband never wore a corset , not like some here tonight . ’ |
| 20 | My films never pretend to be anything but artefacts — they 're unnatural , contrived , fashioned , unrealistic , on purpose . |
| 21 | My nose never smelt such noisome smells , and my eyes never beheld such ghastly spectacles ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ My sword never makes a mistake . |
| 23 | The noises in my head never stop and have nearly driven me to suicide . |
| 24 | An experience of which I am thoroughly ashamed , and thankfully at the time my crew never knew , came to pass one night early in 1943 . |
| 25 | Worsthorne looks horrified : ‘ My despair never reached those proportions . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ My tastes never ran that way , ’ Devlin told him . |
| 27 | Well my friend never paid |
| 28 | I mean I kind of you know , you give a start and unfortunately if you 're in bed with somebody else you tend to wake them up , because my wife never does that , she 's just too good to be true . |
| 29 | ‘ My wife never met him , ’ Mr Crump interrupted , helpfully . |
| 30 | For example , I never know where my wife is , and my wife never knows what I 'm doing . |