Example sentences of "never [verb] [noun] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However hard she had to fight , she would make certain that Janice never became Kirsty 's mother !
2 Roger , an art historian , had first gone to the Mansions as Margaret 's friend , and maintained that she had said : ‘ Of course I never read Ivy 's trash . ’
3 The important point is not to try to harmonise this account with that of Luke in the Acts — after all , John in all probability never read Luke 's work , and presents the material in a very different manner and with different aims .
4 It never crosses Hoving 's mind that Ingres is an artist by whom it is impossible to own too many works — nor , for that matter , that the ‘ uninspired portrait of the Marechal Count Gerard , which to me summed up the pomposity of Bonaparte 's court ’ ( one of the Ingres mentioned in Hoving 's list ) is in fact a fine , signed and dated , late work by Jacques-Louis David !
5 Neither then , nor later : Carrie never mentioned Druid 's Bottom after that day , not to him , nor to their mother , and because she had frightened him so badly , crying like that , neither did he .
6 ‘ I 've never forgotten Tamar 's description , ’ he asserted .
7 But whatever it is , whatever it is they 're saying or trying to say , it never cramps Tod 's style .
8 Hector had never said Ewan 's name so easily , nor shown such interest and determination in weeks .
9 Rupert had never met Everard 's mother , but remembering his own mother and how comforting she had been in his childhood illnesses he was immediately reassured .
10 But he had never seen Farouk 's face .
11 He said : ‘ I have never seen Downey 's picture but I would think I may know him .
12 He 'd never do Mike 's job .
13 Well he 'd never do Mike 's job anyway but
14 Yes , there were things she would never experience in life , special things which a man and woman in love might enjoy ; she would never carry Tyler 's child again , nor would the two of them grow old together , content in each other 's love .
15 Ruth could never understand Charlotte 's unwillingness to let her help with the baby .
16 His father could never remember Endill 's name .
17 Breeze never forgot Roger 's kindness on that occasion .
18 And she had never needed Josey 's encouragement more than she had just a matter of a few short weeks ago .
19 She had never thought Rosie 's friendship with Francisco was the long-standing sort , but it looked as though this sudden illness had drawn them together .
20 These sort of sentiments had never crossed Diana 's mind .
21 ‘ She could never return Ahmed 's love .
22 Gedge has never underestimated Peel 's role in breaking the group .
23 Clegg knows he can never gain Miranda 's respect except by force , as he has nothing to offer her that she wants , and so , to fulfil his desire he has to kidnap her .
24 She had never experienced Anne 's anger before .
25 Freddie Jones would never forget Crawford 's enthusiasm and generosity of spirit during the recording , and afterwards .
26 I shall never forget Jordi 's face , his rueful smile , his fatalistic shrug as he was pushed into the car .
27 I also wondered about why we never saw Nellie 's Dad and eventually I asked her about him .
28 But , just as she never saw Candy 's baby , Sally was denied that , too .
29 In his commentary of 1646 on Aristotle 's Meteorologica , Niccolo Cabeo reproached those who never questioned Aristotle 's teaching : They were grammarians , not philosophers .
30 If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful .
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