Example sentences of "never [v-ing] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleen listened to his amorous overtures of love never doubting his sincerity , but she still wanted to be sure and she tried to gently tell him so ; she had to be sure before she said ‘ yes ’ . |
| 2 | When he worked at night he prepared properly , never allowing his vision to become impaired in any way . |
| 3 | Getting on in years , he might well have considered the possibility of never seeing his homeland again . |
| 4 | So how could he not be far more upset than he would admit at the thought of the gap it would leave in his life and the prospect of probably never seeing his father again ? |
| 5 | Dot sat herself cross-legged on the bed and watched him perched on the chair by the window , blinking and twitching and fidgeting but never looking her way , then seeming to fall asleep and looking quite young , younger than Mr Brown anyhow , and certainly not at all like Sally 's dad who 'd been to Burma and eaten rats . |
| 6 | His eyes kept looking away over one of my shoulders or the other , never meeting my gaze , and I got the impression that like his wife he was constantly waiting for something important to happen , expecting someone to arrive at any moment , as though they both could n't believe what had happened and it was all a dream or a ghastly joke and they were just waiting for Clare to come gangling through the front door , kicking off muddy green wellies and loudly demanding tea . |
| 7 | We all lived on top of each other and at any time one of us was probably irritated in some way by one of the others , but Tom seemed to hold on to it for a long time , never expressing his resentment until he just flipped into despising somebody . |
| 8 | They begged him to desist , in order to give them some words of edification , and for two consecutive hours he proceeded to give them excellent exhortations , while at the same time never ceasing his writing — and all the while what he was writing was not the same as what he was speaking . |
| 9 | He scooped it out and moved on , never breaking his rhythm , the expression on his face never changing , like a robot pre-programmed to perform this sequence of movements until someone clicked the ‘ Off ’ switch . |
| 10 | He did not do himself justice in 1991 , never getting his timing right in his early-season preparations any more than he did on the golf course . |
| 11 | He hated her way of alluding to Jean but never saying her name . |
| 12 | To Harriet Sally had become a surrogate mother and after she had married Hugo that position had been strengthened so that Harriet had felt secure and loved , never questioning her importance to the people who were important to her . |
| 13 | He walked fast through the streets , never losing his way even in the darkest places . |
| 14 | And yet in the intensity of their feeling , mixed with memories of early youth , there is a beauty — and the author has spared them sordidness , one feels , by never letting their love run its full course . |
| 15 | For Shrewsbury certainly brought the lady from Wales , and in Shrewsbury she has done wonders , never renouncing their devotion to her . |
| 16 | I had a lot of spare time , and from leading a steady life in my bedroom with my radio , and with my parents downstairs , I now wandered among different houses and flats carrying my life-equipment in a big canvas bag and never washing my hair . |
| 17 | Never valuing him enough to be jealous , never arriving suddenly to catch him out , never finding his mail interesting enough to steam open ! |
| 18 | In 89 , a poem of infidelity ( ‘ Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault ’ ) , the Poet abases himself , vowing to perform all kinds of penance in order to win the Friend back , including never mentioning his name again in case he ‘ haply of our old acquaintance tell ’ : it is over , in the past . |
| 19 | He took her hand and raised it to his lips , his eyes never leaving her face . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , you do , ’ he replied , his gaze never leaving her face . |
| 21 | He nodded thoughtfully , his eyes never leaving her face . |
| 22 | Seeing that she was awake , fitzAlan sat forward , resting his forearms on his thighs , his eyes never leaving her face . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's true , ’ he agreed after a careful pause , eyes never leaving her face , ‘ fools never think of the future . |
| 24 | His eyes were never leaving her face . |
| 25 | While he had been talking the urgency of his hands on her body had increased , his thumbs moving up to softly circle the tips of her breasts , his eyes never leaving her face , as if he was carefully gauging her reaction . |
| 26 | He shrugged , his eyes never leaving her face . |
| 27 | Slowly , his eyes never leaving her face , he reached behind her and undid the closure of her gown . |
| 28 | He studied his son a moment , the smile never leaving his face , then nodded . |
| 29 | But none have needed this much attention , never leaving his side even at work , much to the delight of colleagues . |