Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] never " in BNC.
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1 | He had offered the car to Hubert for the summer on condition that everyone promised never to stand on the running boards , because they were threatening to fall off . |
2 | There were a couple of things that I 've never seen anywhere since , relics of Victorian engineering . |
3 | The result of this strategy is that I 've never missed a plane in twenty-eight years of international travel — except once . |
4 | The resulting chaos was so memorable that I 've never dared take a holiday during a conference again ! |
5 | ‘ You 've done something with a western that I 've never see before . |
6 | ‘ There 's a parochial side to Scotland that I 've never been able to accept . |
7 | Apart from the fact that I 've never known her dig up a weed or pick a single daffodil , she simply is n't cut out for that kind of work . ’ |
8 | It may seem that I 've never taken my title seriously , but below the skin I have great respect for it , and for this house too and the men who have gone before me who made it . |
9 | ‘ I think so — as far as I can , bearing in mind that I 'm Jewish and that I 've never been remotely religious . |
10 | It 's just that I 've never met a policeman before . ’ |
11 | ‘ My wife rightly points out that I 've never been in a ladies ' loo in my life . |
12 | Maybe it works in the case of God ; I 've always been so afraid it would n't that I 've never tried it . |
13 | It 's just that I 've never seriously thought about it before . |
14 | Apart from that I 've never had a day 's illness in my life ; never been in bed a whole day . |
15 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
16 | To say that no man could ever take the place of Tony is to say that I 've never got over his death . ’ |
17 | ‘ I must admit , though , that I 've never had a lady go to sleep on me before . ’ |
18 | ‘ You know , ’ she said quietly , ‘ that I 've never slept with any man until today . ’ |
19 | ‘ It 's just that I 've never been deported before . ’ |
20 | Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes . |
21 | The woman was definitely shocked , and by the fact that I 've never bathed my child . |
22 | So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds . |
23 | So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds . |
24 | I do n't remember that I 've never seen it on any minutes |
25 | Yes , but the difference is that I 've never seen those houses but I have , I can see those . |
26 | It 's just that I 've never given the matter much thought . |
27 | Now that I 've never ever come across that before ! |
28 | I 've realized that I 've never been out of love . |
29 | It 's just that I 've never met anyone as nice as you talk . |
30 | And I 've got a wok up there that I 've never used . |