Example sentences of "never do [vb infin] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We never did finish that weeding , did we ? |
| 2 | Admittedly , the ‘ eat shit — a million flies ca n't be wrong ’ argument never did hold much water , but when every single person in the place is singing ‘ Altogether Now ’ or ‘ Love See No Colour ’ , waving their arms and jumping about , with sweat dripping from the walls , you 'd have to be a hell of a snob not to be slightly moved . |
| 3 | I never did have any ambitions really — I never did want to do anything . |
| 4 | ‘ On my soul , ’ sighed Thomas , injured but patient , ‘ 1 never did see any fellow could find all the devil 's arguments like you . |
| 5 | But he never did ask any man for directions ; he walked and he walked . |
| 6 | Amoco spent tens of millions of dollars on the project but they never did find any oil in Madagascar . |
| 7 | Never did like that group … |
| 8 | ‘ But men and women never do match each other in that kind of way — that 's life . ’ |