Example sentences of "never [adj] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are never free from our obligation to honour our parents , but certainly once we are married , we accomplish this from an entirely independent stance . |
| 2 | The England manager accepts his decision as realistic and , even though Robson was never central to his establishment of a new generation , he summed up everyone 's sadness at the old warhorse 's parting , 10 short of the magic 100 caps . |
| 3 | Every time , Father never famous for his patience or length of temper , stamped down to free the fly ; and he soon grew tired of this unrewarding activity and started to complain , bitterly . |
| 4 | Companies certainly try to control demand , to channel it in known directions , but they are never sure of their market ; the best they can do is to offer a ‘ cultural repertoire ’ , to cover a spread of the likely possibilities in order to minimize the risk — and it is this which accounts for the colossal overproduction of records and the large number that make a loss ( see Laing 1985 : 9–10 , 20 ; Frith 1983a : 92–102 ; Denisoff 1975 : 92–4 ) . |
| 5 | I was never sure about their ability to hold out against physically stronger packs , but they have proved me wrong time and again with Paul Arnold and Richard Moriarty back to their best . |
| 6 | Menna was never well in his head or heart — Tawaret did not smile on his birth , and the torture he experienced at his brother 's hands pushed him forever into a lonely land inside himself … ’ |
| 7 | At every opening in the trees , across every glade , and beside every hidden pool , Marian looked to see that glint of white she had seen from the Ridgery ; it was never far from her mind . |
| 8 | Although he had neither the time nor the opportunity to continue with his verse drama , the subject was never far from his mind . |
| 9 | But for Sergeant Geoff Newitt , from Great Milton in Oxfordshire , memories of the night last July which earned him this honour are never far from his mind . |
| 10 | Course not he 's never drunk in his life never been drunk at all not even |
| 11 | ‘ I am never annoyed with my mother , ’ he grated . |
| 12 | ‘ He was never steady in his mind , Jake . |
| 13 | I used to look at things and think how bonny some of the wild flowers were what nice colours — but I was never aware of their variety or rarity . |
| 14 | My crew were never aware of my lapse and I am just as ashamed to tell this story today as I would had I told it 45 years ago . |