Example sentences of "never [vb infin] [vb pp] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would never have achieved his popularity , if he had been unable to give expression to the existing moods of his audience . |
| 2 | And the buttonhole might never have become his trademark had he not been accused of being ostentatious . |
| 3 | If his betrayal had n't led to her breaking down in Lisa 's presence , she might never have discovered her assistant 's unexpected resources . |
| 4 | To save his neck and protect his family was perhaps not the noblest of motives for coming forward as a witness , but if the DEA had not sought to frame him under the misapprehension that he was feeding information to Pan Am and the media , and if the DIA had not lacked the will to protect him behind the scenes , the idea of coming forward would never have crossed his mind at all — indeed , he might never even have known that he had a contribution to make to the Lockerbie investigation . |
| 5 | If she had known that she would be offered the opportunity of fighting Finn all round the valley , she would never have planned her picnic . |
| 6 | If he was less of a man , Tony Parsons might never have outgrown his role as enfant terrible in NME 's punk era . |
| 7 | He could never have taken his urine and faeces samples once a week to Health Physics . |
| 8 | ‘ I could never have taken your word for it … |
| 9 | ‘ Because if you did you 'd never have betrayed his trust and taken the jade . ’ |
| 10 | Nathan Holland on the other hand was a faithful friend , and but for him Paul 's last work might never have found its way into print . |
| 11 | She was thankful for the moonlight for , without it , she knew she would never have found her way to the cab rank . |
| 12 | Dangerous items such as these should never have found their way into household waste . |
| 13 | I should never have let your father drive me away from you . |
| 14 | She should never have allowed her wish to please Anna to influence her , she thought as she slipped on a pair of delicate , high-heeled black silk pumps . |
| 15 | And you had best be grateful to me , for if you had left it to the little men of law he could buy better and shiftier than you , and you would never have got your money at all . ’ |
| 16 | They should never have shifted their line-out men around the way that they did in the first 40 minutes . |
| 17 | I should never have married your father . |
| 18 | It cost me a deal in time and labour and money to get my castle back from them , and if we had not had such a pious garrison — all but the lame and bedridden in church ! — they would never have prised their way into the place . |
| 19 | My dear child , Richard Talbot would never have left his widow alone . |
| 20 | All had been rescued by their Lord when they could never have earned their salvation . |