Example sentences of "[noun] never [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 No — the manufacturers never believe in their wildest dreams that you 'd ever want to remove their product ; it 's far too wonderful .
2 Pellucid blue eyes never wavered from their close scrutiny of her enquiring expression .
3 She laughed , though her eyes never faltered in their steady gaze .
4 The orderly American " dating " we saw in films or heard about in pop songs never happened in my adolescence .
5 Only one thing was certain — in his letter Mr Robinson had ordered Branwell never to return to his house or to speak to any of his family again .
6 Walter Brennan never pissed in his pants , though .
7 His boat never returned from its trip , nor was the Hooper ever seen again .
8 It was good fun but thank goodness my parents never learned of my involvement .
9 Ellie never returned to her parish church .
10 An elderly woman who fell while in a Darlington nursing home never recovered from her injuries an inquest heard yesterday .
11 She provided the affection and discipline which the princess never received from her mother .
12 Luke nodded slowly , his gaze never moving from her face .
13 Poor Hugh never came to her mind at all .
14 In fact , many non-essential , second line or group 2 workers such as those in textiles came out , although the General Council never called upon their services throughout the dispute .
15 Karen never arrived at her meeting with Drew , Pete and the journalist from the New York Times .
16 But despite all this , Haig never deviated from his original plan to renew the offensive at the earliest favourable moment .
17 However , instead of er releasing and dealing with his rage , Wilson er instead chose to strongly identify with his father , erm argued er Wilson never grew beyond his father identification , because the situation whereby er Wilson was full of , of the conviction that his er mission in life was somehow divided .
18 Stephen never talks about his family or his past . ’
19 Mama never spoke of her family , insisting that she had been born an orphan , ’ Joan said , still unable to fully comprehend that she was not whom she had thought she was .
20 Colin Oliver never stopped following his favourite team despite being jailed after he was wrongly convicted of manslaughter .
21 Carrington never wavered from her suicidal intentions , and despite all efforts to deter her , shot herself in Hungerford 11 March 1932 .
22 All her fears had been of Adam dead , Adam never waking from his trance , Adam turned into an automaton .
23 Uncle Philip never talked to his wife except to bark brusque commands .
24 The king never recovered from his fear of street noises .
25 There was some story about her and Claire 's grandmother having a set-to and she had the baby too early — anyway , my father-in-law never spoke to his mother again .
26 People never bragged about their beginnings , only about what they had achieved , and never admitted it was through someone else 's sweat .
27 ‘ I bet Bernhardt never bothered about her teeth , ’ said Wexford to annoy her .
28 Toffs never admit to their bastards , do they .
29 With the current retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art , which runs until 14 February , 1993 , the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat has received the attention that even this highly promoted artist never got in his lifetime .
30 I conclude that which I took so much pains about will never come to thy hands .
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