Example sentences of "never [vb past] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | I believe Vigilant was a better seaboat , but I never served any time on her in adverse conditions to find out . |
2 | ‘ I decided I was fed up with having to go out on the road all the time in order to pay a mortgage on a house I never spent any time in ! ’ he told me . |
3 | They never took proper time over it . ’ |
4 | She never had much time for me before . ’ |
5 | She 'd been a sort of feminist before it became fashionable ; never had much time for all that sisterly stuff , but she was positive she was as good as any man and she 'd prove it … |
6 | ‘ I never had much time for him when he was young , but I never guessed he 'd do anything as rotten as this ! ’ |
7 | His replacement , former sales manager Nils Sontag , never had enough time to lick the company into shape . |
8 | I never had enough time to spare for my wife , let alone other women — even if I 'd been so inclined , which I was not . ’ |
9 | Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’ |