Example sentences of "never set " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean-Paul thinks the French brought prosperity to a poor country , and he goes on believing it because he takes care never to set foot outside the European quarter . |
| 2 | One of them immediately returned home , never to set foot in the tropics again — while the other , Werner Meyer , the only white doctor left on the island , stayed on to become the director of Makassar 's hospital . |
| 3 | She 'd be quite happy never to set eyes on him again . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll never set foot in this bloody flat again . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I would never set out in life to assassinate anybody , but some people have made sure that the mud will stick to me . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd never set much store by rational argument where Karen was concerned . |
| 7 | Most of them would never set eyes on the place and few felt any loyalty towards it . |
| 8 | ‘ But I would never set out to hurt anybody because I know what it 's like to be on the receiving end . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He 'd never set foot outside Zimbala before he came to Oxford . |
| 10 | If the moth were to become extinct , the yuccas would never set seed . |
| 11 | The one other place — the first being the cemetery — that Jean-Claude would never set foot in . |
| 12 | He 'd wish that he 'd never set eyes on the Ashdown girl . |
| 13 | Imagine my father 's feelings , knowing that he 'd probably never set eyes on Venice again , ’ she said , her emotions making the words husky . |
| 14 | He would never set foot in Liberty 's , let alone Harrods — those haunts of the rich and the would-be rich represented for him the scornful laughter of the haves towards the have-nots . |
| 15 | ‘ You could have , after all , been stranded with someone you 'd never set eyes on — someone who was n't the least bit hospitable . |
| 16 | ‘ You will never set him free . |
| 17 | For if I have my way , when this custody suit is over you 'll never set eyes on Kirsty again . ’ |
| 18 | Fiona 's mother says she will never set foot in France again in view of the treatment by the French towards our British fishermen , farmers and truckers . |
| 19 | THEY said the sun would never set on the Gateway to Wallasey . |
| 20 | You know when all this court business is on , and they had two hours at recess so he went to look at the cathedral with Steven and mum mentioned it and , and she said oh I think I 'll go and have a look round she said when all this is over cos dad , suppose he 'll never set foot in Norwich again and I said oh that 's silly cos it 's a , it is a lovely city . |
| 21 | I remember when I was a child that occasionally my parents would have visitors to the house , people that I 'd never set |
| 22 | After all , Bach never set a foot outside Germany , but he has the universe in his music . |
| 23 | I would rather die in a glorious cause than to succeed because I never set anything to go for . |
| 24 | She never set foot in Greece again . |
| 25 | They have no respect for non-Jewish culture and would be only too happy if Jews never set foot in a university . ’ |
| 26 | Underdogs Cambridge survived a desperate opening 13 minutes during which they never set foot in Oxford 's half . |
| 27 | The poster scheme also provides an excellent opportunity to expose large numbers of the population , who rarely or never set foot within a gallery , to contemporary art . |
| 28 | ‘ I never set eyes on Parmiggiani 's installation ’ |
| 29 | But I never set eyes on him , me . " |
| 30 | Sister Superior , from the waxed scented and echoing chambers of the convent where we usually never set foot , sent for me to remind me of the Parable of the Talents . |