Example sentences of "they [vb base] never [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commenting on the influence of his parents on his footballing career , Carlos Francis , brought up in the East End before moving north to Birmingham City FC , said : ‘ They 've never even seen me play . |
| 2 | Futile pastime : memorising the Latin names of 150 fish species when they 've never even owned a goldfish . |
| 3 | They 've never yet had to use it . |
| 4 | They 've never ever had those . |
| 5 | Well I mean they 've never really spoken about it one way or another , encouraged me or discouraged me , which I think I 'm grateful for . |
| 6 | They should have been negotiating over the location of the European monetary institute and of a subsequent European central bank in the City of London , but they have never even raised those questions , despite the fact that , of all the countries of the European Community , the location of the central bank has much the greatest importance for Britain . |
| 7 | Not uncommonly , indeed , they will speak of things which they have never before told anyone . |
| 8 | I think this is probably true of the Metropolitan Police ; they have never really allowed any fundamental research on any sensitive issue . |
| 9 | To put it another way , they have never really allowed its truth to blossom into fullness of life . |
| 10 | Even though they may have worked and set up home separately , they have never quite left the role of dependent daughter . |
| 11 | And those that do , grow up in a sub-culture that is a disgrace to England ; unable to read or write , born to crime as a way of life , most of them have never even seen the inside of a church . |