Example sentences of "was never [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was grievous enough , but there was worse : the confidence and coherence of the Austrian Army had been broken in these first weeks of the war , and it was never again to comprise an efficient military weapon . |
| 2 | Back came a snorter the like of which I was never again to receive from Eliot , though I am sure it was thoroughly well-deserved . |
| 3 | However , the Review was never again to engage directly with these issues after 1931 . |
| 4 | There was never anywhere to go . |
| 5 | In a contested election , however , it was impossible to do much with direct patronage , even if such were available , for there was never enough to do more than grease the palms of a handful of venal men , most of whom were to be found in the burgh councils . |
| 6 | It is clear that the Tories enjoyed fairly solid electoral support from the ‘ middle classes ’ , but given the relative numerical strength of the ‘ classes ’ in Britain , this was never enough to win an election , and a substantial minority of the working class provided around half of the Tory vote . |
| 7 | Pressure for places in the navy was so great that it could prove a difficult tool for politicians able to supply such appointments , for there was never enough to meet all the demands for it , and the obligement of one could offend other freeholders less fortunate . |
| 8 | All he did , day in day out , was sweat and slog in the fields , and even then there was never enough to eat . |
| 9 | ‘ There was never enough to eat . ’ |