Example sentences of "never [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should never have done it on that day . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , no , he would never have done it without you . ’ |
| 3 | Frederica said obviously that the sky and the sea and the boats were uncannily like Van Gogh , and Hodgkiss said that of course they would never have seen them in this way before he saw them . |
| 4 | I could never have said it to him face to face , but over the telephone I hesitated and said , ‘ But I thought the newspaper business was booming ! ’ |
| 5 | I should never have appointed her in an acting capacity . ’ |
| 6 | If she had n't reneged on her promise to go to Glenshee , Dane would never have followed her to that tiny cottage . |
| 7 | I should never have accepted you as Catherine 's friend . |
| 8 | ‘ I would never have asked you for anything ! ’ she protested proudly . |
| 9 | Her friends back in London would never have recognised her as the Alyssia Stanley who had dozens of men trailing behind her , and who toyed with them but only for as long as it suited her . |
| 10 | And Jonathan would never have recognised her as the girl to whom he had become engaged , the easygoing girl whose only concern had been to have a good time , however much money it took . |
| 11 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 12 | His 123 came out of 165 off 162 deliveries in 211 minutes ; a few months earlier in Australia he had run himself out on 99 in his desperation to reach the magic figure , but one would never have guessed it from the effortless way he swept there now . |
| 13 | She would never have guessed it from the wildly anachronistic costumes . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd never have expected him to be as supportive as he was , ’ says Sean , ‘ but it brought us closer together . |
| 15 | I was eleven years old , and I honestly believe that I was too young to cope , that my father should never have taken me to the game , that if he had been a responsible parent he would have recognized the potential for trauma that the afternoon contained . |
| 16 | Nate would never have taken him off the presentation if he was n't being moved sideways or demoted . |
| 17 | The fact of it was , Amanda should never have brought him in here at all ; she should have kept him in Reception , as per company policy . |
| 18 | Then he began to change his ground , to slip from real remorse into disguised anger , saying that he should never have trapped me into domesticity , meaning , of course , that I should never have trapped him , and , instead of getting angry underneath — as I had earlier when he was being honest with me — I felt an enormous , trembling sympathy with him and begged him to stop : he was n't , after all , responsible for everything . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
| 20 | It took a little time , and without the guidance she would never have found it in a million years . |
| 21 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
| 22 | I should never have trusted you with it , he said . |
| 23 | Pure hackit anyhow Ah 'd never have lumbered him in the daylight . |
| 24 | He would never have put it like that himself . |
| 25 | They 'd never have allowed me on a scheduled flight , and this is one party I would n't miss . |
| 26 | She would never have told her about Adam staying at the farmhouse at all through choice , but Candy was a regular visitor . |
| 27 | I would never have encouraged him like that . |
| 28 | My mother would never have left me without telling me when she would be back . |
| 29 | She would never have left you at risk . |
| 30 | Friendship with a man was nice , she decided , never having experienced it before this . |