Example sentences of "never [verb] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never realised collecting stones could be interesting ! |
| 2 | Deacon Palmer was a golf professional-cum-greenkeeper at Latrobe , near Pittsburgh , and he would never presume to set foot inside the clubhouse unless specifically invited by a member . |
| 3 | The latter commented on the air raid and that he never expected to see soldiers guarding the tunnel , especially inside the tunnel for a second time , it having been guarded during World War I. The foreman told him that three soldiers had been killed near the spot that Mr Myer had been in the recess the previous night , they had apparently been run down by a train just inside the tunnel mouth . |
| 4 | Never combine mixing tracks with recording sessions . |
| 5 | Meanwhile my sister and that fool Pumblechook never stopped discussing Miss Havisham and her considerable wealth . |
| 6 | The PWL disco machine of Stock Aitken Waterman has never stopped reviving disco ; Madonna 's ‘ Vogue ’ and her ‘ You Can Dance ’ remix album were clear tributes to disco culture ; the Pet Shop Boys ' ‘ Disco ’ album was released in 1986 ; Deee-Lite 's ‘ Groove Is In The Heart ’ was disco , as were Army Of Lovers , the Pasadenas , Marshall Jefferson 's productions for Ten City , the early S'Express tracks , the Night Writers ' ‘ Let The Music ( Use You ) ’ and even Yello 's ‘ The Race ’ , which stole its horn arrangement from Gino Soccio 's ‘ Dancer ’ . |
| 7 | EASY OVER : Backed from 14–1 to 13–2 latest , never placed to challenge 10l 5th to Valiant Warrior ( Chepstow 1m , Gd-Sft ) . |
| 8 | The first group consists of what is sometimes known as the exceptions to the rule nemo dat quod non habet whereby a bona fide purchaser of goods from A commits no conversion but actually obtains a good title to them even though the goods really belonged to B and B never intended to allow A to sell them . |
| 9 | The defence also claimed that Poindexter had never intended to mislead Congress and that any inaccuracies in his testimony were accidental . |
| 10 | Yet he never got to manage England 's national team . |
| 11 | I never got to hear Arthur Calder-Marshall talking about Patrick Hamilton , but just a few days later I was able to read Patrick Hamilton about Arthur Calder-Marshall , in a letter to Hamilton 's brother in 1951 about a radio talk Calder-Marshall had given : ‘ Arthur C-M 's description of me as he first knew me ( at the Wells Hotel , Hampstead ) makes very amusing reading . |
| 12 | She stood there dejectedly looking at him , convinced that he would never want to lay eyes on her again . |
| 13 | My mother was more obviously unhappy ; she missed ‘ home ’ , as she never ceased to call Lewis , and her own family , and having someone to talk to in Gaelic , which was her first language but not my father 's . |
| 14 | She never ceased to amaze Dexter with her ability to do several things at the same time — perhaps too many things , he thought , regarding her dishevelled hair and the flush of stress in her cheeks . |
| 15 | Savant Alan Carter , 39 , was never taught to read music . |
| 16 | Never say die Pigggott |
| 17 | You are the person who has the initiative , so you should never need to arrange interviews , even one-off interviews , when you are pressed for time . |
| 18 | I do n't give you these names , because if I spell them out I should never need to waste money on a return ticket again . |
| 19 | You know she never has liked village people , and she 's always had rather a squashing way towards kids . |
| 20 | Even those who never appear receive £200,000 a year . |
| 21 | But patients say that in the course of treatment , they are never permitted to express tearfulness or despair . |
| 22 | This resulted in farce : ‘ I have never forgotten seeing footage of a British manager which began on his moccasined feet , wafted over his monogrammed door mat , and ended up opposite the sofa on which lounged five of his charges , scowling greasily ’ . |
| 23 | He still had hopes of me , but I 'm afraid I never enjoyed killing things . |
| 24 | I have never enjoyed playing party games . |
| 25 | The grammar school in Weirwold only takes boys , ’ she said in protest to Zach , ‘ and they never bother to put girls in fer the high school . |
| 26 | Well I tell you what like , I never bother ironing socks , but |
| 27 | I 've never claimed to have charm . ’ |
| 28 | I propose we carry on where we left off , unless you never want to lay eyes on me again , of course . ’ |
| 29 | I never want to see turtle soup again as long as I live . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Anna tells me she never wants to leave Edward , ’ Ruth said after the child had gone to sleep . |