Example sentences of "never [verb] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd never think we could eat could eat proper food . |
| 2 | You 'd never think he 'd go into that sort of ball . |
| 3 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 4 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 5 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
| 6 | I never thoughtb I 'd say that |
| 7 | And you never say you 'd like to be taken out for a change , or ring him up when you want a bit of company ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We have never said we would bid for ICI . |
| 9 | It was true that he had never said he would marry me , but he had said that when the war was over he would write to me and try to come back . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I never believed I could wish anyone dead , but last night changed all that . |
| 12 | After last year when I lost the championship by one point on the last round I never imagined I would end up winning it this time with two rounds to spare . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I never imagined I 'd meet anyone like Alison . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I never imagined it would end like this . |
| 15 | I never imagined it would leave room for feelings of resentment and indifference . |
| 16 | ‘ I never imagined she 'd do such a thing . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I never had much time for him when he was young , but I never guessed he 'd do anything as rotten as this ! ’ |
| 18 | When he woke it was suddenly , and to a sight of beauty he had never dreamed he might see . |
| 19 | She had never thought she would see Alain . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He had never thought he could share his life with anyone . |
| 22 | In his wildest nightmares he had never thought it would come to this . |
| 23 | And everybody was getting a bit bored with it cos as it dragged on this is s seven months when you know a long time to be I never thought it would have gone this as long as that when we started off with it . |
| 24 | I remember trying to help one of the sisters dress a badly wounded back — something I had never thought I could do . |
| 25 | You never know we will give it a try . |
| 26 | You never know somebody might have just |
| 27 | ‘ Yer never know what would 'ave 'appened if it 'ad n't rained . ’ |
| 28 | You never know what 'll happen . |
| 29 | You never know what might eventuate . ’ |
| 30 | You never know what might happen ! ’ |