Example sentences of "never [verb] [noun prp] ['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 | ‘ I 've never forgotten Tamar 's description , ’ he asserted . |
| 6 | But whatever it is , whatever it is they 're saying or trying to say , it never cramps Tod 's style . |
| 7 | Hector had never said Ewan 's name so easily , nor shown such interest and determination in weeks . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But he had never seen Farouk 's face . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I have never seen Downey 's picture but I would think I may know him . |
| 11 | He 'd never do Mike 's job . |
| 12 | Well he 'd never do Mike 's job anyway but |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Ruth could never understand Charlotte 's unwillingness to let her help with the baby . |
| 15 | His father could never remember Endill 's name . |
| 16 | Breeze never forgot Roger 's kindness on that occasion . |
| 17 | And she had never needed Josey 's encouragement more than she had just a matter of a few short weeks ago . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | These sort of sentiments had never crossed Diana 's mind . |
| 20 | ‘ She could never return Ahmed 's love . |
| 21 | Gedge has never underestimated Peel 's role in breaking the group . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She had never experienced Anne 's anger before . |
| 24 | Freddie Jones would never forget Crawford 's enthusiasm and generosity of spirit during the recording , and afterwards . |
| 25 | I shall never forget Jordi 's face , his rueful smile , his fatalistic shrug as he was pushed into the car . |
| 26 | I also wondered about why we never saw Nellie 's Dad and eventually I asked her about him . |
| 27 | In his commentary of 1646 on Aristotle 's Meteorologica , Niccolo Cabeo reproached those who never questioned Aristotle 's teaching : They were grammarians , not philosophers . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | All the children : bright , kempt Juliette , who hears poems at home and whose eyes never leave Beth 's face ; and Jamie , whose ‘ mother does n't care ’ ( as Jimmy Adair put it in a John Walsh poem ) and ‘ who stays up half the night , you see ’ ( Walsh 1960 ) . |
| 30 | I wish I 'd never taken Maurin 's money , but all I can do now is keep quiet and wait for it to end . ’ |