Example sentences of "never [verb] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Mr Blakey promised the people of Castlemorton that hippies would never invade their Common again . |
| 2 | He was soon posted to north Africa , and never met their only child , a daughter born 8 June 1941 . |
| 3 | They never fulfilled their original intention ( Keith-Lucas 1980 : 11 ) . |
| 4 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 5 | Many solicitors never overcome their own embarrassment about the amount that they charge , though few go on to lower their fees . |
| 6 | One finding of concern is the increased likelihood of adults with cystic fibrosis who said they never reveal their cystic fibrosis at job interviews being employed , compared with those who said they reveal their cystic fibrosis sometimes or always . |
| 7 | In fifty-odd years of high regard for Englishwomen and awe of the fortitude and grace he saw in them , he had never accepted their defiling hats . |
| 8 | Mackay 's financial situation worsened following the war , especially after the runaway inflation wiped out the value of the annuity he had purchased with money left him by his mother , so that in his later years he was completely dependent on the sale of his books , which never regained their earlier popularity . |
| 9 | Arthur said he 'd never had their second message , and the fuss all died down , but he 's always come when we 've sent for him . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ People can never mind their own business . ’ |
| 11 | Their father never opened their front door without first pulling on his coat , no matter what state he was in , and none of the boys were ever allowed to admit a visitor while they or anyone else was in a state of undress . |
| 12 | His flashes of brilliance make one want to leap up and cheer : ‘ No English man or woman could play Antony and Cleopatra : passion and love are quite beyond them , they could never discard their suburban subservience . |
| 13 | The Northumbrians never retrieved their pre-685 military position in North Britain ( cf. , HB ch. 57 ) . |
| 14 | And as long-term malnutrition impairs learning ability , these children may never reach their full potential . |
| 15 | ‘ I will never forget their huge eyes , tiny faces and the terrible silence , ’ she added . |
| 16 | There were Chaloners who lived to be seventy or eighty , there were those who died in their youth or early manhood , and many others never reached their first birthday . |
| 17 | They have never disowned their humble roots . |
| 18 | The Romans never took their intellectual relations with Hellenism so seriously . |
| 19 | Later they emigrate to Pittsburg , but can never escape their tangled past . |
| 20 | The Hospital wo n't speak about individual cases but they say they never do their own cardiac cases anyway . |
| 21 | Friends , colleagues in the movement who 'd never left their bitter cells , or spent their lives in labour camps till they died of exhaustion . |
| 22 | Many Armenians who lived in Turkish Armenia never spoke their own language . |
| 23 | It is perfectly possible to communicate with little or no such similarity or else children would never learn their native tongue . |
| 24 | They have never released their valuable stock into the countryside . |
| 25 | Writing for the solo voice is such a daunting prospect that many composers never try it , and thus never discover their real potentialities . |