Example sentences of "but [pron] never did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an interesting idea , but I never did think it would work . ’ |
| 2 | They were like Little And Large in a way , but I never did work out which one was the straight man . |
| 3 | My father claims that he cut the animal open and found my tiny genitals in its stomach , but I never did get him to tell me what he did with them . |
| 4 | You know only right in the middle and we used to jump off the Suspension Bridge regular , some used to dive , but I never did dive there . |
| 5 | But she never did find out if he was successful in persuading Paula to go out with him now that he was free . |
| 6 | But we never did walk across the river before or since . ’ |
| 7 | where we were , that they 're going to rebuild , going to build it all the time I was there , but they never did build it , did they ? |
| 8 | Amoco spent tens of millions of dollars on the project but they never did find any oil in Madagascar . |
| 9 | I thought things were going to get pretty heavy for a while , but they never did escalate the way I thought they might . |
| 10 | But he never did tell me what he 'd put on that stick . ’ |
| 11 | But he never did ask any man for directions ; he walked and he walked . |