Example sentences of "never [prep] my life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never in my life , he wrote , have I known so exactly what step to take after the step I am in the process of taking , and then what step to take after the step I will take after the step I am in the process of taking . |
| 2 | IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election . |
| 3 | I have never in my life looked forward to starting a diet , but by the end of my holiday I could n't wait to get back on it to maintain my slimmer figure ( with every other diet I have put weight back on and more ! ) . |
| 4 | who was at Cambuslang at that time , commented " He seems hurt at being asked to preach as a candidate and I sympathize with him in this , as I think candidating and preaching contests are the most objectional things conceivable , and also the least satisfactory way possible of getting good ministers as a rule good men who have done their work well will not preach as candidates for myself I never in my life either preached as a candidate , offered for a parish or got a certificate . " |
| 5 | VISITING LADY : Never in my life . |
| 6 | ‘ I never in my life heard a train say licketty split or tickety boo , ’ protested Lydia . |
| 7 | " Never in my life have I questioned an appointment , " she said , weighing every word . |
| 8 | never in my life had I done anything like this before . |
| 9 | ‘ But then , I have never in my life known a single headmaster of whom that might not be said . ’ |
| 10 | Never in my life . ’ |
| 11 | Before dealing with the many points raised by right hon. and hon. Members , I propose to say something about Wales but , before doing that , I should point out that I have never in my life before spoken from one doughnut to another . |
| 12 | Never in my life have I seen social security payments abound unless they were for a pound of flesh . |
| 13 | I have never in my life , in public or in private , in earnest or in jest , either called or even thought myself a fascist . |