Example sentences of "never failed [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The good nature and humour of most Scotsmen never failed to appreciate the situation , ( an immigrant father taking his kids out for a run to the country ) and they at all times were friendly . |
| 2 | With Gordon Kaye and Jim Ryan as resident DJs and guests such as Mark Moore , Sasha and Dean Thatcher playing ‘ music with vocals rather than techno — party music ’ , so far they have never failed to leave their crowd well chuffed . |
| 3 | Dearly though he loved his wife , her early morning lethargy never failed to rankle . |
| 4 | When Harry replied to her letters , her heart never failed to miss a beat as she recognized his handwriting . |
| 5 | Well aware that it was a game to Richard — a pretence with which to pass the empty hours — and that it was to Anne , rather than Joan , he was in this instance referring , such comments never failed to annoy Edward — as Richard was well aware . |
| 6 | But that other ‘ landscape ’ , quieter perhaps , but like an underground stream , unconscious and very persistent , never failed to obtrude itself on him : ‘ It is strange that even now prayer is my natural language , ’ he said , in ‘ Lines From My Grandfather 's Journal ’ ( The Spice-Box Of Earth , p10 ) which powerfully reflect his own self-questionings ; the ‘ tyranny ’ was asserting itself . |
| 7 | We can be very sure that the story-telling with which Leonard grew up — from grandparents , parents and Hebrew teachers — never failed to emphasise this aspect of his heritage ; never failed to add to his sense of duty and destiny . |
| 8 | The splendour of the room never failed to unsettle him , and the fact that everyone else was going through the same series of salutations did nothing to make him feel more comfortable . |
| 9 | ‘ Horowitz has never failed to take out a target . ’ |
| 10 | An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk . |
| 11 | But Donna Frizzell never failed to remind her of his dragging progress through school , compared to Betty and Joanne 's smart performances . |
| 12 | These revelations never failed to lift his spirits , if only temporarily . |
| 13 | Tyrell sighed as if the magnitude of human folly never failed to appal him . |
| 14 | I can not bear this obscene , grubbing curiosity about the affairs of others , it has never failed to repel me . |
| 15 | Her bedroom wallpaper never failed to give her pleasure . |
| 16 | Even a turn of phrase could affect her , however worn and faded in its application , and one of her mother 's favourite sayings " What ca n't be cured must be endured , " never failed to give her a certain thrill , partly because of the grim inevitability of the rhyme , and partly because it almost managed to lend a little spare dignity to her mother 's stoic outlook . |
| 17 | It was a moment that never failed to give her a frisson of excitement , almost a sensual thrill . |
| 18 | There was something about the atmosphere of a theatre that never failed to stir her blood , Shannon mused as she walked along the corridors . |
| 19 | Six foot shit-hot sharp shooter that never failed to hit the spot . |
| 20 | This particular part of the hotel never failed to delight him . |
| 21 | For him these first moments of meeting each day were so exciting an elixir that he always tried to make them last as long as possible , and the sight of her in full flight on her bicycle never failed to set his blood tingling . |
| 22 | ‘ You certainly have mastered your anatomy , ’ she told him admiringly as he slid his hands across the small of her back to find that ecstatic erogenous zone that never failed to set her on fire . |
| 23 | Not surprisingly , the building of branch lines and the provision of freight sidings never failed to create controversy . |
| 24 | Aided by the media , who have never failed to find an opportunity to slip in the idea that it is Saddam Hussein who wo n't negotiate , the US and its Allies have led their people into a terrifying war which will claim the lives of so many of their sons and daughters . |
| 25 | The view from her top-floor flat never failed to please her as the whole city of Branchester stretched out before her : the cathedral with its spire gleaming in the early-morning sunlight , the buildings where ancient and modern blended together harmoniously , the canal like a silver ribbon with its brightly painted barges and the Norman boundary wall that enclosed it all . |
| 26 | In his speech Jack said ‘ I had 18 years with James Templeton , which until 1969 never failed to make a profit . |
| 27 | There the children never failed to stalk her , calling different messages , some days more friendly , some days less . |
| 28 | First and foremost , I hope they have been interesting — more than that , fascinating — for if language analysis fails to fascinate us , something is seriously rotten in the state of Denmark — and I learned that lesson from a Dane , Otto Jespersen , whose papers on language never failed to fascinate . |
| 29 | But when all is said and done , the name of the novel game is entertainment , and in that Richard Allen has never failed to deliver . |
| 30 | The obligation of the bath Mrs Webster never failed to observe , though she did not trust me to keep to the statutory four inches , but ran the water in for me , adding , in spite of my protests , a most nauseous soap powder . |