Example sentences of "never [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result many would-be house purchasers never qualified for a loan . |
| 2 | I even got to the point where I was an approved parliamentary candidate , but I never applied for a seat so I ca n't say I was ever rejected ! ’ |
| 3 | I was always Bachelor No.2 and I was never picked for a date . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back . |
| 5 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’ |
| 6 | It seems hard to believe that we flower children of the 1960s and 1970s never doubted for a second that we would eventually find fulfilling jobs . |
| 7 | Seawitch is obviously very special to you , and I 've never crewed for a world-famous yachtsman before . ’ |
| 8 | In any case , you 're almost never bailed for a rape charge . |
| 9 | But never imagine for a moment that she has abandoned a lifetime of hard-won apostasy and now rejoices in the mating rituals of her long-lost tribe . |
| 10 | Payment was never made for a vessel taken from its owner for royal service ; nor was compensation for loss of a ship , or even damage to its equipment , normally given . |
| 11 | Thus deceived , lied to by the leaders they had trusted , in the chill , grey dawn on Friday 6 December 1745 the unbeaten Jacobite army turned its back on its objective and the long and pointless retreat — pointless because they could never hope for a better opportunity than this — began . |
| 12 | Perhaps Rocky could be manager … he 's never played for a great Leeds team ; - ) |
| 13 | She has never cared for a disabled person before , but there is a natural love and empathy between them : she hugs Elaine a lot and they are very close . |
| 14 | Mr Major , reading from briefing notes , said : ‘ I believe the ex-convener at Timex said those dismissed never called for a sit-down demonstration and do not sponsor violence . |
| 15 | Never ask for a big round figure . |
| 16 | Within minutes , Sykes had struck a bargain , never stopping for a moment to ask where or how the fish had been caught . |
| 17 | Another sympathizer was Lord Furness , a self-made man from the very bottom of the ladder , whom the NSFU recalled " as a great shipowner who was never averse to the claims of justice and fair play , always approachable in any difficulty , from whom a case reasonably stated never failed to obtain a patient hearing and who was never spoiling for a fight " . |
| 18 | They never thought for a moment about reverting to conventional agriculture , although Gareth had come from a research job with ICI . |
| 19 | I never thought for a minute we 'd come off that green with a shot in hand ; maybe one shot behind , never in front . |
| 20 | ‘ I never thought for a moment he would n't pull through , ’ said Alison . |
| 21 | ‘ I never thought for a moment he would n't pull through , ’ said Alison . |
| 22 | He was chosen for Scotland 's tour of North America in May , played in four of the six games , including the two non-cap Tests , and scored three tries : ‘ I was delighted to go but I never thought for a moment that I would make the Test side . |
| 23 | While accepting that , I would just like to suggest to Cottee that he will never play for a bigger club than Everton . |
| 24 | ‘ You can never legislate for a loss of confidence . |
| 25 | ‘ I told you once , cara , I have never paid for a woman . ’ |
| 26 | Pallister was never chosen for a district or county side when he played schoolboy football on Teesside . |
| 27 | And the change now means that if a married woman , it does n't , as I say , it does n't affect single women , if a married woman now has n't earned income using all her allowances , so she does n't work has n't worked , never qualified for a pension , or does work but does n't earn more than that , and the couple have got investment income then it 's sensible to switch that into the wife 's name to give her income to use up her allowances . |