Example sentences of "never [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We never seemed to have much trouble anyway . |
| 32 | He was a legit , braceleted , but he never seemed to have any money , and somehow he seemed to avoid the gangs , legit and illegit , that roamed the upper Levels . |
| 33 | ‘ One of the reasons you went to the cinema when I was a teenager was to pick up girls , but I never seemed to have any luck . |
| 34 | Sammy slept under the navigator 's table and never seemed to have any reaction to the gyration of the aircraft or the attention of the natives with their flak and fighters outside . |
| 35 | Hamm seemed to be a favourite target ; although our numbers were small in these raids we never seemed to achieve any worthwhile concentration . |
| 36 | It was a long while since she had heard Con laugh like that ; lately , he never seemed to find much to laugh at . |
| 37 | Poor old Finland they never seemed to get many points did they ? |
| 38 | Like all boys of his age , including my own son , he never seemed to get enough to eat , and yet in spite of the bread , pancakes and cake he remained thin and hard with muscle . |
| 39 | Though his downy feathers were beginning to strengthen , he felt weak and vulnerable , for he never seemed to get enough food , or be able to beat off the brutal and painful pecks of his sibling from whom , by some ancient lore of eagles , his parents did not protect him . |
| 40 | No matter how fast they travelled , the corridor never seemed to get any shorter and Endill thought he would be an old man by the time they reached the other end . |
| 41 | I never I was never made to feel that way anyway . |
| 42 | I 've never had to perform this operation . |
| 43 | She has never had to advertise any of her products because ‘ the shops and the product are the best advertisement ’ . |
| 44 | Well I 've never had to do that . |
| 45 | In practice it has never had to invoke this law . |
| 46 | I 've never had taken that . |
| 47 | I 've never ever I say this very proudly , been in debt and as long as I 've earned enough money to live , I 've never bothered to put any on one side strict , you know , strictly speaking and I 've been happy to er live and er that 's how I 've lived me life . |
| 48 | My only worry was that I suspected Charlie had never bothered to pay any tax in the first place . |
| 49 | They never seem to take any notice of Kevin until he gets lost and in danger . |
| 50 | ‘ They never seem to last more than about a week . ’ |
| 51 | It was a wonderful scheme for thirty years , it 's got lots and lots of money , but we never seem to put any in . |
| 52 | You never seem to look any older . |
| 53 | ‘ Perhaps that 's why I never seem to have any , ’ she added in a more resigned voice . |
| 54 | ‘ And you never seem to have any fun , do you , dear ? ’ |
| 55 | The Senate majority leader , George J. Mitchell , described the decision as a " historic vote " , noting that the Senate had never agreed to put any limits on nuclear testing before . |
| 56 | I 'm never going to do that one . |
| 57 | They were never going to hit each other , anyway . |
| 58 | ‘ I 'm never going to drink any more coffee , ’ said Constance . |
| 59 | I decide that it does n't much matter as we are never going to talk this girl round to our way of thinking and anyway we are not breaking the law so she ca n't really stop us . |
| 60 | You can have one up to three times a day , er you 're never going to take that I 'm sure . |