Example sentences of "[noun sg] never [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ That poor old genius , ’ Gustave commented , ‘ how irony never quits him . ’ |
| 3 | Johns was always liked , but it was ironic , and irony never interested me in visual art the way that it did in literature or the theatre . |
| 4 | The agent never treated me as a serious buyer because I did n't fit his image of a businessman ’ ) , the adaptation process began . |
| 5 | The programme never described him as such , though he certainly wields the authority you would expect that title would give him . |
| 6 | The Angry Brigade never killed anyone . |
| 7 | During his 10 years as chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority the industry never approached him to change policies or attitudes . |
| 8 | What a pity that the Opposition never tell us any success stories . |
| 9 | But however professional we may have considered ourselves as seamen , our administration never allowed us to forget that first and foremost we were customs officers . |
| 10 | Got my lighter and the matches but cigarettes I 've left in the car Never mind I ca n't let . |
| 11 | But she had made up her mind never to allow herself to get close to him , in case there was a repetition of that first rather disturbing kiss . |
| 12 | I 've a good mind never to allow you in the Park again ! ’ |
| 13 | When I was anorexic I had only dim feelings of resentment as to how my body was destined to be used , and the thought of anything as positive and specific as penetration never entered my mind . |
| 14 | The poet never knew his grandfather , who ‘ had long been dead ’ when Edward first visited his father 's mother at Swindon in 1888 . |
| 15 | A bit of lightweight never hurt anybody , I tell him . |
| 16 | The critic never finds it , but Todorov sees in the tale both a set of instructions for any critic of literature and an outline of the figure to be read in the carpet of James 's own work . |
| 17 | ‘ The cold never leaves one 's marrow these days . |
| 18 | As with most things in this 24 hour a day town , the bar never closes which is good news for pool and table-football fans who are well catered for here . |
| 19 | Still , that discovery never stopped me from making another collection of the glistening best ones that same night . |
| 20 | ‘ Hard work never killed anyone that I know of . |
| 21 | The delicious Rob Walker who , in a journalistic disguise , was and is still around in the sport , must be the only other man I ever met in FI who while at the heart of the sport never took it with the grim tenacity with which the more parvenu consider the business of winning and losing . |
| 22 | She glanced away , but she knew Nicolo 's gaze never left her . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , you do , ’ he replied , his gaze never leaving her face . |
| 24 | ‘ I just wondered what was going to happen to your little flat if you did move out , ’ he said , his gaze never leaving her . |
| 25 | This skill never left him . |
| 26 | Young , Arthur was playing with his tool set under the table and during a lull in the conversation was heard to say : ‘ Now , where 's my tenon saw — oh course , I lent it to Harry Acton — that bloke never brings anything back . ’ |
| 27 | Keeper Judge never touched him let alone trip him . |
| 28 | He remembered the red-cheeked embarrassment , and his subsequent determination never to let it show again . |
| 29 | She shut them off instinctively , like slamming a door , with ruthless determination never to feel anything but hatred for Damian Flint . |
| 30 | Matter of fact Dad , he agreed with the management for er er er You see the management never wanted anybody on the minimum wage , never wanted to be on the min , so he agreed with 'em f for a special price for our coal we got out . |