Example sentences of "[was/were] never [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Noisy nightclubs , wild parties or smoky pubs were never her scene .
2	They were never their father .
3	He rejected the argument that the defendants had done something more by refraining from setting up certain answers to the claim permitted by the Dubai law ; as a matter of policy it was never their intention to do so and ‘ It is no consideration to refrain from a course of action which it was never intended to pursue ; see Cook v. Wright ( 1861 ) 1 B. & ss. 559 , 589 , ( above , p. 214 ) . ’
4	Today at the Grosvenor House hotel in London she came first in the Webb Ivory fundraising awards … but she says winning prizes was never her goal .
5	That was never its purpose .
6	And so we were involved a great deal in what we would call ‘ protesting ’ but as far as political activity , that was never my thing .
7	I never had , he was never my teacher for I was I was with a pupil teacher .
8	After a moment , he said , ‘ It was never my job . ’
9	I was 19 years old when I made To Have and To Hold , but Humphrey Bogart was never my idol .
10	Organisation was never his strength .
11	It was never his intention , he said , to create a self-sufficient community .
12	‘ Launch ’ is an apt term : it was never his intention to control or manipulate the Council , for it was a sovereign body under his presidency ; his duty was to see that it was heading in the right direction .
13	I was never his enemy . ’
14	That was never his forte , you understand .
15	It was never his habit to try to wipe the floor with anyone .
16	‘ I was never your hunter , Surere . ’
17	‘ It was never our intention to stand still on this document , ’ said Institute deputy president Michael Chamberlain .
18	Michael Chamberlain : ‘ It was never our intention to stand still'
19	A POA spokesman said : ‘ We have enjoyed the support of patients and it was never our intention to affect their care . ’
20	‘ That was never our deal .

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