Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [verb] [pers pn] never [verb] " in BNC.

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1 How come I never hear you talk about where to put the soup SCENE ?
2 Ah , how come I never get any cuddles like that
3 How come you never rose above the level of staff designer ? ’
4 Why did we never see the child ?
5 Oh , why did she never meet any nice men ?
6 Why did she never listen to music ?
7 And if Heather thought there was something sinister about her relationship with Jack Cornelius — assuming there was a relationship — why did she never ask me if I knew anything about it ? ’
8 Why did I never think of this before ? she wondered blankly .
9 Why did I never hear of this ? ’
10 Quietly D'Arcy said : ‘ Why did you never mention that you had a wife and child when I was asking about relatives or friends who might be in danger from these Iranians ? ’
11 Why did you never meet her ? ’
12 ROBBIE But why did you never say ?
13 Why did he never want to marry me ? ’
14 At times Anne felt sure that he was attracted to her , but if so why did he never ask to meet her , and why did he conceal these chance meetings from his family ?
15 Big women can wear jeans , so why do they never show it ?
16 And why does he never leave the island ? ’
17 Why had they never told him ?
18 Why had he never seen himself so clearly , he wondered ?
19 She had a tension about her like a strung bow , and every bit as lethal , and she had a piercing beauty — why had he never marked it , he who had known her nearly three years ? that made his heart contract as he looked at her .
20 Why had he never got round to building another sonic screwdriver ?
21 Why had she never realised before this that Dana had every right to do as she pleased , regardless of how her sister felt ?
22 Why had she never realised before now that Dana resented looking like her sister ?
23 Why had she never realised before how eerie the rustling of the trees could be , how creepy the sound of the breeze rattling the reeds that lined the riverbank ?
24 Why had she never imagined Bella as a redhead ?
25 She stared at the golden eagle , so arrogantly and eternally poised , and wondered why she had ever thought birds on furniture were a bit off : why had she never bothered to look , why had she never asked herself what her eyes had told her ?
26 She stared at the golden eagle , so arrogantly and eternally poised , and wondered why she had ever thought birds on furniture were a bit off : why had she never bothered to look , why had she never asked herself what her eyes had told her ?
27 She had known she liked him , enjoyed his company , his humour , gentleness , so why had she never admitted that she loved ?
28 Why had it never occurred to him to use it for more than carving ?
29 Why have they never given us the understanding of how to contact this inner voice ?
30 And why have I never heard his name before ?
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