Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [pers pn] ever [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't think we ever thought , though , that the bank would not support us . |
2 | I do n't think we ever thought the bank would not support us . |
3 | ‘ I do n't think we ever had one . |
4 | Oh I was in repudiation of my contract well I du n no what what it means to repude some things , you know I jumped to get a dictionary and found out , but I really do n't know what my contract was because I do n't think we ever had any . |
5 | A roof rack , he wants to borrow one for Sunday , cos Susan 's coming back look , anyway she asked me and I said no we 've never had one , I do n't think we ever had , I said I 'll ask Doreen , so I asked Doreen and she said yes we have , but I 'd have to ask Leslie first , so when Dee come back I said yes she has , but do n't say anything to her cos you might not get it , but she 's not getting that . |
6 | Y y you need n't lock your door up in those days you could leave your door open , and they 'd come and knock on your door and anybody in and I , I do n't think we ever had a key to our front door , but er no they were very friendly and there used to be an old midwife , Mrs her name was the , she used to charge half a crown for a birth . |
7 | They were together for four years , but Bailey recalls : ‘ I do n't think we ever saw each other . |
8 | Well right-oh we er I do n't think we ever do expect that much . |
9 | Yes definitely I mean I do n't think we ever dreamt in our wildest dreams I think really it was maybe chance thing f fate or whatever you know . |
10 | I should n't think they ever speak at all . ’ |
11 | As her son Charles , the new Earl Spencer , observes : ‘ It was a dreadful time for my parents and probably the root of their divorce because I do n't think they ever got over it . ’ |
12 | I do n't think they ever got along . |
13 | I do n't think they ever stopped . |
14 | But yeah , I mean , there was so so many inconsistencies on , on the Irish witness side , you know , like what , what matey said I was , I was running out and all of a sudden I felt a pain from here on those fuck it , he 's up there , got big forearms , and big sort of muscle that size , that 's really wasted this side even after twenty years , it must of about and apparently one matey got shot in the back running away , oh no five out of the thirteen got shot in the back , which again does n't fucking mean any thing , you know that 's , but I said if there 's I R A supporters there and that , you telling me you seen where your comrades have fucking get shot , you 're not , you 're not gon na try and pick up his weapon and stuff I mean like , it was just a perfect opportunity to , to get one over on the British Forces and I , I said I do n't think yet the para 's were entirely blameless , but then again I do n't think they ever have been in any of their fucking |
15 | She hesitated for a moment before adding in a lowered voice , ‘ She 's known Philippe for quite a while , but I do n't think she ever realised … ’ |
16 | I do n't think she ever knew the ins and outs of the matter . |
17 | I do n't think she ever let the water boil . |
18 | I do n't think she ever came to the City of the Horizon . ’ |
19 | Well she might erm no she 's never , I do n't think , I do n't think she ever has said anything , she might have said it once but not that I can recall mys oh does n't that look lovely with all them petals falling off the tree ? |
20 | ‘ She was lucky and talented and she could do that , but I do n't think she ever wanted to be a drummer … |
21 | ‘ I did n't think you ever thought much of revolution , ’ I tell him , sipping my whisky . |
22 | I tell you what , do you ever remember Olive 's , oh I do n't think you ever saw her , Olive 's niece she used to work at |
23 | I , I do n't think I ever said that we could n't go ahead with it this year , I merely pointed out , I merely |
24 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
25 | ‘ No , I do n't think I ever looked inside . |
26 | All sorts of people held their hands out to me but I do n't think I ever got anything . |
27 | I do n't think I ever met a refined man before . |
28 | We got our ration books — for us and the cattle-food as well — but I do n't think I ever worried about the possibility of Hitler invading us . |
29 | Yes , right to , to and , and you could even go on farther , but I do n't think I ever went any further I did n't have time . |
30 | I do n't think I ever saw J[ack] work more than half an hour without the cry of ‘ Barboys ! ’ — ‘ Coming , dear ! ’ , down would go the pen , and he would be away perhaps five minutes , perhaps half an hour ; possibly to do nothing more important than stand by the kitchen range as scullery maid . |