Example sentences of "be never [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noisy nightclubs , wild parties or smoky pubs were never her scene . |
| 2 | They were never their father . |
| 3 | It is never their fault at local level . |
| 4 | It is NEVER your fault if an older person does this . |
| 5 | He rejected the argument that the defendants had done something more by refraining from setting up certain answers to the claim permitted by the Dubai law ; as a matter of policy it was never their intention to do so and ‘ It is no consideration to refrain from a course of action which it was never intended to pursue ; see Cook v. Wright ( 1861 ) 1 B. & ss. 559 , 589 , ( above , p. 214 ) . ’ |
| 6 | Today at the Grosvenor House hotel in London she came first in the Webb Ivory fundraising awards … but she says winning prizes was never her goal . |
| 7 | That was never its purpose . |
| 8 | And so we were involved a great deal in what we would call ‘ protesting ’ but as far as political activity , that was never my thing . |
| 9 | I never had , he was never my teacher for I was I was with a pupil teacher . |
| 10 | After a moment , he said , ‘ It was never my job . ’ |
| 11 | I was 19 years old when I made To Have and To Hold , but Humphrey Bogart was never my idol . |
| 12 | Organisation was never his strength . |
| 13 | It was never his intention , he said , to create a self-sufficient community . |
| 14 | ‘ Launch ’ is an apt term : it was never his intention to control or manipulate the Council , for it was a sovereign body under his presidency ; his duty was to see that it was heading in the right direction . |
| 15 | I was never his enemy . ’ |
| 16 | That was never his forte , you understand . |
| 17 | It was never his habit to try to wipe the floor with anyone . |
| 18 | ‘ I was never your hunter , Surere . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It was never our intention to stand still on this document , ’ said Institute deputy president Michael Chamberlain . |
| 20 | Michael Chamberlain : ‘ It was never our intention to stand still' |
| 21 | A POA spokesman said : ‘ We have enjoyed the support of patients and it was never our intention to affect their care . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That was never our deal . |