Example sentences of "never [verb] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there on , they never let slip their icy grip on the game . |
| 2 | I 've never seen do you think every country gets different ones ? |
| 3 | She thought she would never dare touch anything in this house in case she left marks . |
| 4 | Buying that blank tape had been a waste , for she knew she would never dare play it back . |
| 5 | The words had an unlocked sound , tumbling out as if he 'd never dared say them before . |
| 6 | She also likes writing short stories and has had some published in the school magazine but ‘ never dared try anything else , ’ she said modestly . |
| 7 | Ellie had often taken it down before , but had never dared try it on . |
| 8 | And you never did answer me ! |
| 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 | It was an interesting idea , but I never did think it would work . ’ |
| 11 | But he never did tell me what he 'd put on that stick . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You never did tell me just exactly what you and Marianne had been to each other in the past . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But then incompatible interests never did bother our new hero . |
| 15 | where we were , that they 're going to rebuild , going to build it all the time I was there , but they never did build it , did they ? |
| 16 | He never did make it to the Academie , but being made international president of PEN , following Francis King , mattered a lot to him . |
| 17 | Pointy-Beard never did make it to his feet . |
| 18 | I just put down Ex-Soldier and never did change it , even when he came in a couple of minutes later with his canvas bag over his shoulder . |
| 19 | Bon Jovi never did dirty their songs with real spunk , anger or despair , on in fact any emotion that was n't packaged up in stadium size , third-hand slogans with melodies so open and bare they sound as if they 've caught sunstroke in the New Jersey heat , and nothing 's changed . |
| 20 | Hierarchy never did have its day . |
| 21 | ‘ You never did have anything to fear from me , Fernando , ’ she told him softly , lowering her lashes to try and hide the pain in her eyes . |
| 22 | Never did have it ! |
| 23 | I do n't have it , and never did have it ! ’ |
| 24 | They never did ring it but they meant to . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You never did encourage him . |
| 28 | Oh you never did ask her . |
| 29 | ‘ By the way , I never did ask you — what made you come round to the cottage that night ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I never did believe it , ’ he assured her . |