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

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1	‘ I never expected travelling on foot to be so arduous , ’ she said .
2	At this factory an immense research and development programme is headed by electronics wizard Bob Podhrasky , and in recent years more than $3 million has been pumped into the never ending pursuit of treasure hunting 's Holy Grail … the ‘ perfect ’ machine .
3	‘ I never touch liquor on duty .
4	Never send cash by post .
5	Never mix work with pleasure is always a good policy in work and personal relationships .
6	Leave this Europe where they are never done talking of Man , yet murder men everywhere they find them , at the corner of every one of their own streets , in all corners of the globe .
7	He waited until Berthon — with whom Rudd had never seen eye to eye — took a holiday and grafted a new front end on to Jean Behra 's car .
8	The two have never seen eye to eye apparently and although some papers called him a hothead , Horton insists he was n't going to have a go at the ref , who was given a police escort back to the dressing rooms .
9	He had a clean , bare style ; when writing he seemed to be able to slip the burden of his personality as he could never do face to face .
10	‘ But we have never made door to door collections , so we know this man has nothing to do with us , ’ she said .
11	‘ I 've never had breakfast in bed before , ’ he told her .
12	Castlerock 's 1,500 residents , the majority of them Protestants , have never had time for sectarianism and division .
13	well that 's what I wan na know , that 's right , that 's all I wan na know , never give way to traffic on the , on the right , you could pull out on it , if indicating
14	Ted and I will never see eye to eye about his clients , whom he likes , respects and positively enjoys dragging over hills to bag stags , whereas I loathe these numbskulls who think killing is ‘ sport ’ .
15	My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living .
16	Relationships were just too difficult , the sexes would never see eye to eye , it was all too much bother .
17	I remembered his words : " We never celebrated Christmas at home . "
18	He would never set foot in Liberty 's , let alone Harrods — those haunts of the rich and the would-be rich represented for him the scornful laughter of the haves towards the have-nots .
19	I spent most of the day mooching around Winnipeg , seeing a couple of owners once in a shop selling Eskimo sculptures , but never coming face to face with anyone who might know me .
20	He never lost touch with chess though , and on resuming active competition in 1931 he won the Western Open , before taking first prize against Capablanca , the great Cuban player , at a tournament at Margate .
21	‘ I make it a rule never to mix business with pleasure .
22	" This nation has never found glory in war …
23	Now i i in one shop er you 'll never hear mention of politics , it would be all football , football man , football this , football the other .
24	Never use detergent for cleaning , as it is difficult to be certain when all traces have been removed .
25	Among the items which therefore never saw light of day was one in which I suggested that there were individual candidates of all the parties in different parts of the country whom one might be tempted to vote for on purely personal grounds .
26	As Bailey said , the two of them never saw eye to eye .
27	For some reason , we never saw eye to eye .
28	This was a visit arranged before John Patten knew whether he 'd still be an MP , never mind Secretary of State of Education .
29	Never trouble trouble till trouble trouble you Trouble tree do n't bear no blossom
30	Faced with the need to chastise a dancer , she never gave way to anger nor showed her annoyance but her eyes would fill with tears and she would say , ‘ I never thought a Tiller would let us down like this . ’