Example sentences of "i never did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | I never did intend to outstay my welcome . ’ |
| 3 | I never did have any ambitions really — I never did want to do anything . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I never did meet Sartori , ’ the man said . |
| 6 | One elderly farmer said : ‘ I never did go much on Princess Diana . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was an interesting idea , but I never did think it would work . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I never did have any ambitions really — I never did want to do anything . |
| 12 | And I never did have . |
| 13 | I never did learn their surnames . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Erm I , I never did agree with that very much really . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | I never did understand why Blue Peter called their dog Pettibone , did you ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , I never did like the colour . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I never did like it and now is a good time to get rid of it . |
| 23 | I never did like him . ’ |
| 24 | I never did like those open topped buses . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | Anyway , I never did like Tescos much as Sainsburys . |
| 27 | They were like Little And Large in a way , but I never did work out which one was the straight man . |
| 28 | The ASI reads from sixty to 600 knots , To its left a twin-pointer rev-counter has needles marked G and D for gauche and droit , indicating similarly enormous numbers up to 25,000 rpm ( ten times a piston engine 's revs ) — and no , I never did work out which was which without stopping to translate . |
| 29 | ‘ By the way , I never did ask you — what made you come round to the cottage that night ? ’ |
| 30 | The only disappointment was that I never did see them feeding , for I could have learned such a lot in those short but interesting hours . |