Example sentences of "[pers pn] never [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have been spot on his wavelength for I never left the quiet room after one of his healings without a sense , almost of VROOOOM ! |
| 2 | I knew that was coming you only leave me to do the shit , I never get the good stuff just the crap ah shut up what was that ? |
| 3 | I never heard the like . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't fret , Mr Jenkins , I never let the little things in life bother me , ’ said Ms Boyd , totally unfazed . |
| 5 | I never noticed the exact time , but I was in the bath when I heard the stir down here . ’ |
| 6 | If I never believed the dead could hear me , and if I knew that the dead could not speak , I was nonetheless certain that I could re-create a conversation with them . |
| 7 | He obviously was of a mind with Churchill who later was to say : ‘ I never meant the Anglo-American Army to be stuck in North Africa . |
| 8 | Well I buy Writers Monthly , but I never read the damn thing , you know , so I |
| 9 | ‘ I enjoyed it , but I never had the lucky break . |
| 10 | But he was a bit of a womaniser and got mixed up in some scandal ; I never knew the whole story . |
| 11 | Naturally I never thought the daft sod would , and so there was nothing for it , I had to do likewise and follow him , a/2 la buff , into the showers . |
| 12 | She prevailed upon Suzi 's father to keep his mouth shut and she said , just once , laughing , ‘ I never thought the infamous Gesner would conquer you , Suzi ! |
| 13 | I never saw the other woman either . |
| 14 | I never saw the cuddly wife |
| 15 | ‘ I never saw the goddamn biography . |
| 16 | I never met the right woman . |
| 17 | ‘ I never anticipated the unlooked-for pleasure of being able to deliver one bunch in person . |
| 18 | I signed the papers in Manchester and after that I never seen the social worker again . |
| 19 | My grandmother paid for it — she never really came to terms with Mum 's moving abroad , and I think that was her way of making sure I never lost the other half of my inheritance . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well — I never found the right woman . |
| 21 | I never did the Far East unfortunately . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , I never 'eard the like , ’ said Dolly , ‘ that 's downright indecent . |
| 23 | She never had the necessary attributes . |
| 24 | She never heard the front door close , nor his foot fall on the stairs , nor even the bedroom door slowly opening behind her . |
| 25 | She never knew the real reason for the count 's death ; it was something Katya told no one , not until that moment when her brother had finally returned . |
| 26 | She added that she never saw the suspected occupants of the house . |
| 27 | I know the line you are talking about , but she never says the final world , although it is pretty obvious what she means . |
| 28 | She never uses the central heating system , only turns on a single bar of her electric fire for about half an hour and then off again for another half hour or so . |
| 29 | While Diana has been billed as the matchmaker in this royal romance , the truth is that she never noticed the romantic spark between her brother-in-law and one of her best friends . |
| 30 | She never finished the taunting rejoinder . |