Example sentences of "he never [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said tie this and I 'll give you a penny , but he never gavr me any money . |
| 2 | He never told me any details . ’ |
| 3 | He never told me those things . |
| 4 | He never told me this . |
| 5 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 6 | He never does them any harm . |
| 7 | He never did me any harm . ’ |
| 8 | Earthy type , she used to say , but it was all talk with him and he never gave her any trouble that she told me about . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I met a parson once that was good to me , but he never gave me any treacle tart , just a kind message of 'ope . |
| 10 | A London postman 's daughter whose grandparents lived next door contrasted the couple : ‘ oh she was a pet , but not him , he never gave us any love . ’ |