Example sentences of "never [vb past] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my father never realised his plan … |
| 2 | It took the Venetians until 1420 to win control of all the territory promised to them by Ladislas , who in fact never realised his ambition to wear the crown of Hungary . |
| 3 | The men were sullen and never met his eye ; but someone had to organise them , and no-one cared to oppose him . |
| 4 | Scriptwriter Tony Warren never expected his creation , played by William Roache , to last for more than a few years . |
| 5 | I never asked his name either . |
| 6 | Patrick , crouched over his books at the other end of the table , never asked his advice ; but then Patrick had always been faintly hostile and jealous of a masculine encroachment on a territory that had been his alone since the departure of the two eldest boys . |
| 7 | Ruysch , a member of the Royal Society , devised an arterial technique for human embalming ; although a master of the art he was extremely secretive and never divulged his recipe . |
| 8 | He never got his way . |
| 9 | Now , but he forgot to tell the police so unfortunately for p poor old Bill he never got his name in history . |
| 10 | He was told to strip for a medical examination but he was n't up to scratch and failed , and so never got his chance . |
| 11 | Felix whistled ‘ Cigareets and wuskey and wild wild women ’ and wondered why the latter never made his acquaintance . |
| 12 | He never sold his day 's OTC quota , and so his leader would shout : " You 'll soon be back on the fucking training floor . " |
| 13 | Always remember that your father never sold his country . |
| 14 | He rejected these criticisms but never changed his position . |
| 15 | He never changed his opinion ; he loved every minute up here . |
| 16 | Such was the austerity of his habits that it never entered his head himself to have any kind of formal dinner in which I could join . |
| 17 | Drink never loosened his tongue , though it did have an effect on his sizable nose which , like Bardolph 's , was a beacon in the dark . |
| 18 | We never found his head . |
| 19 | Wayne never found his rhythm on his serve and he did not get into the match until he broke me at 5–3 , but I did good enough to win , ’ said the 24-year-old 1991 Wimbledon champion . |
| 20 | My book shows that Modigliani was not that gloomy pessimist of morbid temperament who ‘ destroyed himself with as much care as he put into constructing his talent ’ , but that he never doubted his worth nor the imminence of success . |
| 21 | The smoke was at its thickest at this corner of the rick , but Gabriel never stopped his work . |
| 22 | Clive never fulfilled his ambition of becoming a real American police officer . |
| 23 | Modigliani never practised his faith . |
| 24 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |
| 25 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |
| 26 | He never drove his car if he was having any drink with his lunch . |
| 27 | His wife , Paulina , recognises him , by his voice , as the man who tortured her 15 years ago while playing the Schubert song of the title ( she was blindfolded and never told his name ) . |
| 28 | This fact is well illustrated in the familiar story of the married couple whose relationship was in trouble because the husband never told his wife he loved her . |
| 29 | No , John insisted , I must come home , and home he went , but never told his father about the experience . |
| 30 | I never opposed his will but was prompt in obedience to his orders . |