Example sentences of "never [vb past] [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notwithstanding these comforting words , Gerald Ford never succeeded in establishing a productive relationship with the legislative branch . |
| 2 | Research stressed political and administrative factors in isolation and never succeeded in analysing the way local politics are linked to wider social and economic processes . |
| 3 | It faced hostility from Labour leaders , and never succeeded in gaining an electoral or industrial base . |
| 4 | at least even I never stooped to sending a circular round Community and Environment saying we do not want the danger of officers actually talking to the public and if there 's any credit , Councillor got to have it . |
| 5 | She never tired of seeing a sunset or a flock of geese , and even in her nineties she still marvelled at the beauty of the sea or the quality of light in Dumfriesshire . |
| 6 | The home side enjoyed territorial advantage in the second period but never looked like penetrating a well organised Malone defence . |
| 7 | In the first half they had dominated the line-out through Bayfield and David Baldwin , they had handled the New Zealand scrum capably and they had put together two backline tries with training ground precision , whereas the struggling New Zealanders could find only two penalty goals from Greg Cooper and never looked like mounting a try-scoring attack . |
| 8 | Up front United faded … they never looked like finding a second goal and there was no surprise when Albion ran in a third … |
| 9 | But with the apparently ageless Walter Kidd running around with John Robertson safely tucked away in his back pocket , the home side never looked like conceding a goal . |
| 10 | There are such plains , but the typical profile of the seabed is one that contains gigantic mountain ranges , innumerable equally huge volcanoes , and gorges of a depth never dreamed of furrowing the deep-sea floor . |
| 11 | They never wavered in describing the issue as extremely important for their voting decision : 64 per cent called it extremely important in the first week and 63 per cent in the last . |
| 12 | I 'm amazed that Lollo and I never thought of using the Trans Vox : it translates almost any language into our language . |
| 13 | She said to Sally-Anne , ‘ Well , I do need a maid of all work , that 's true , but I never thought of hiring a lady … ’ |
| 14 | Twenty years ago the city 's population never thought of spending a day at the beach . |
| 15 | and we were maybe hanging around at Holland and not doing very much , the boss never thought of doing the threshing till after we for tea . |
| 16 | Most kids these days would have enjoyed the spectacle , told their mates , and never thought about reporting the events to the local police . |
| 17 | No I never thought about suing the the No I never thought I did n't realize you could anyway . |
| 18 | ‘ But I never thought about becoming a model . |
| 19 | He never spoke without considering the implications — the result of his profession , she supposed , also the result of his steady character . |
| 20 | His hatred of the Empress , whom he never forgave for producing a male heir and thus depriving him of the succession to the throne , together with his inveterate hostility to what he considered to be the ‘ reactionary powers ’ , led him at times into very deep waters indeed . |