Example sentences of "did [pron] never [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did I never think of this before ? she wondered blankly . |
| 2 | ‘ Why did I never hear of this ? ’ |
| 3 | Well neighbour , saith one , do ye not suspect some naughty dealing ; did ye never anger Mother W ? |
| 4 | Did you never think , ‘ Here 's something that 's been neglected and so I 'll step in and begin collecting this ’ ? |
| 5 | Did you never think that some women may not only say it but feel it ? ’ |
| 6 | She turned back to her hostess to confide , ‘ My brother 's living in India , ’ and quickly , before anyone could make a meal of that , she laid a possessive hand on Naylor 's and queried , ‘ Did you never think of entering the wine-importing business , darling ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why did you never meet her ? ’ |
| 8 | Quietly D'Arcy said : ‘ Why did you never mention that you had a wife and child when I was asking about relatives or friends who might be in danger from these Iranians ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ As accountant for the firm , did you never question the validity of the books ? ’ |
| 10 | ROBBIE But why did you never say ? |
| 11 | What what sort of things went on , erm was it close fighting or did you never see |
| 12 | Did you never see him at the City of the Horizon ? |
| 13 | Did you never know about your mind . |
| 14 | Did you never hear of a little child that died … and if other children die , why may not you be sick and die ? … |
| 15 | ‘ Did you never hear different from your Aunt Sarah ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Did you never hear of killing by kindness ? |
| 17 | Did you never enter the tunnel like you were |
| 18 | Did you never get to the stage where you to took stuff out or |
| 19 | Did you never have someone you might have married ? |
| 20 | Oh , why did she never meet any nice men ? |
| 21 | And if Heather thought there was something sinister about her relationship with Jack Cornelius — assuming there was a relationship — why did she never ask me if I knew anything about it ? ’ |
| 22 | Why did she never listen to music ? |
| 23 | Why did we never see the child ? |
| 24 | Did they never rebel against the awesome formality of their lives ? |
| 25 | All that time ago — did they never write ? ’ |
| 26 | Why , in all the hundreds of millions of years since its ancestors first evolved a pinhole eye , did it never discover the principle of the lens ? |
| 27 | ‘ Did it never occur to you to knock before you came barging in ? ’ she demanded . |
| 28 | Did he never grow tired of making these accusations ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why did he never want to marry me ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Did he never come to the Tabard again ? ’ |