Example sentences of "i never [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | He prodded once more his attaché case — which I felt inclined to keep my eyes averted from — and said : ‘ I suppose you 've been wondering why I never let go of this case . |
2 | ‘ It never occurred to me you 'd want anything else — or at least , ’ she amended with a sheepish smile , ‘ I never dared hope you would want anything else . |
3 | ‘ I never do sleep before a ball , ’ she greeted Lord John , then blinked with astonishment at him . |
4 | I never do know , she thought . |
5 | You have a first course and a second course and could call it all I do n't know what you call it really , I never do know what to call it all . |
6 | ‘ I never did hold much of a brief for your father , but it seems as if your mother was n't much better ! ’ he said , his voice making clear how lacking in sympathy he found her family . |
7 | I never did intend to outstay my welcome . ’ |
8 | I never did have any ambitions really — I never did want to do anything . |
9 | I do n't want to go back to the Evans 's , I really do n't , I never did want to be there but it 's worse now , not better . |
10 | ‘ I never did meet Sartori , ’ the man said . |
11 | One elderly farmer said : ‘ I never did go much on Princess Diana . |
12 | I duly promised crossed my heart and — spat which was the custom of small boys at the time — and I never did break that promise to Dad Tam whilst he lived , and to this day I believe in my heart that the figure overlooking Princes Street Gardens is in the image of my father , complete with a handsome Kitchener moustache . |
13 | It was an interesting idea , but I never did think it would work . ’ |
14 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
15 | I never did discover who he was , the son of the house or just another guest , and my own obtuseness and incuriosity now appear to me more revealing than anything else of my state at the time . |
16 | I never did have any ambitions really — I never did want to do anything . |
17 | And I never did have . |
18 | I never did learn their surnames . |
19 | It was difficult to believe that the Birdman ( I never did learn his name ) was the same man I had watched earlier in the day catching puffins on the cliffs beyond the village . |
20 | Erm I , I never did agree with that very much really . |
21 | ‘ I never did understand , an old man like that and a five-star general to boot , why he went around dressed up like a nineteen-year-old Second Lieutenant , ’ said Truman , reminiscing years afterwards to Merle Miller . |
22 | I never did understand why Blue Peter called their dog Pettibone , did you ? |
23 | One was from erm from Baghdad to Barqu and the other one was from Barqu to Basrah because he was in the First World War , I think he was serving with the Middlesex Regiment and erm , I do n't know how he managed this , I never did understand . |
24 | I never did like drag shows and I did n't want to spend the evening in the pub but I did it just to be with gay people . |
25 | ‘ Oh , I never did like the colour . ’ |
26 | I never did like sorting out the sheep from the goats … at the end of the first term in the fifth year … did n't like that at all … there was always a sort of … he 's doing ‘ O ’ level , the elite group . |
27 | I never did like it and now is a good time to get rid of it . |
28 | I never did like him . ’ |
29 | I never did like those open topped buses . |
30 | ‘ I 'll say , ’ Ven snarled , and was over by the door , blocking out the light from the sitting-room when , ‘ I never did like my women that clinging ! ’ he barked brutally . |