Example sentences of "never [verb] [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd never think we could eat could eat proper food . |
| 2 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
| 3 | Even those who had never met her could tell from her letters and articles that she had something special ; an eye for the kind of colourful details people would remember . |
| 4 | I never believed I could wish anyone dead , but last night changed all that . |
| 5 | Mother Francis the celibate nun who had never thought she could know the joy of seeing a child grow up in her care had loved Eve in a way that might well have made her blind to the feelings and sensitivities of other people . |
| 6 | He had never thought he could share his life with anyone . |
| 7 | I remember trying to help one of the sisters dress a badly wounded back — something I had never thought I could do . |
| 8 | You never know what could happen . |
| 9 | Wella 's high quality , creamy formulations give you a look you never dreamed you could achieve at home . |
| 10 | ( Strangely , Gabriel never felt he could fly when he was wearing the harness . |
| 11 | In 1988 , Julie had a year like Helen Dobson 's , a year in which she never felt she could lose . |
| 12 | More than that , Mosley had completely out-manoeuvred Balestre in an election campaign which the great Gallic dictator had never believed he could lose . |
| 13 | Vi had never imagined she could think kindly of any submarine again , but if it was one of your own then surely it was right and proper to wish it well , and raising her hand she had traced a blessing on the early morning air . |
| 14 | I never thought we could see it like this . ’ |
| 15 | But erm , yes I 've heard a lot of people say that er , they never thought they could get this far . |
| 16 | ‘ I never thought I could feel this way about any woman . |
| 17 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 18 | I never thought I could work with someone like Oliver there , but I can . |
| 19 | ‘ I never thought it could happen . |
| 20 | ‘ I never thought you could run like that , Sarah , ’ said Angela , coming down the slope and joining them . |
| 21 | I never thought you could get icing in so many different colours of … " |
| 22 | Paul Rodgers ’ , ‘ I never knew you could grow exotic fruits and flowers in this country ’ is a fluttering envelope-lined greenhouse lit from the inside by two sunbeds . |
| 23 | I never knew anything could grow that quick . |
| 24 | Erm never knew she could write such good lectures or speeches . |
| 25 | I was positively machiavellian — I never knew I could feel like that . |
| 26 | I honestly never knew I could run . ’ |
| 27 | All I saw was he was tall one I never saw I could see the impression and it was like four stars . |
| 28 | Cantona was bad , I remember thinking , never mind it could have been Batty . |
| 29 | I never said she could spell . |
| 30 | ‘ … and it was so exciting , like something you read about , you know , but you never dream it could happen to you . |