Example sentences of "never [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living . |
| 4 | Relationships were just too difficult , the sexes would never see eye to eye , it was all too much bother . |
| 5 | ‘ He 'd never set foot outside Zimbala before he came to Oxford . |
| 6 | Fiona 's mother says she will never set foot in France again in view of the treatment by the French towards our British fishermen , farmers and truckers . |
| 7 | You know when all this court business is on , and they had two hours at recess so he went to look at the cathedral with Steven and mum mentioned it and , and she said oh I think I 'll go and have a look round she said when all this is over cos dad , suppose he 'll never set foot in Norwich again and I said oh that 's silly cos it 's a , it is a lovely city . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | No matter what the intellectual window dressers did to make these boys seem less attractive , the fact of the matter is Guy Debord could never play guitar like Steve Jones , and the only Society Of The Spectacle anyone in rock ‘ n ’ roll is interested in nowadays is that of Messrs Bausch & Lomb of California . |
| 11 | ‘ Husband would never authorise gunplay in London . |