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I don't know what it is, the hollywood rigamarole never's struck me as intriguing.

My crushes dudemanflab 2007

It wa'n't sold, as it had ought to ben, -- for Samooel (that's _his_ brother) never's ben easy that

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

The women listened and flung in "Well, I never's," and "Who'd 'ave thought it's" from time to time and thawed into ordinary human beings under Sam's convivial example.

Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Marguerite Bryant

"I've got that Miss Pembroke to lunch -- that girl whom you say never's there."

The Longest Journey 1924

Of course, never's a big word, but one feels so strongly that it is important to stop crowds at the very beginning.

A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900

She was a great hand for the water, Mary said; and never's been on it since that time.

Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

Now or never's our chance -- when shall we have so good a one?

The Tragic Muse Henry James 1879

"There never's nothin 'to make a man thirsty ekal to a' lection," answered Jim, with his huge features grinning.

Trumps George William Curtis 1858

Then thinks I to myself, now or never's the time to sing out.

Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

I had it in my mind to say somethin 'then about turnin' around an 'takin' a fresh start with a fresh animal as a sensible person would find it nothin 'but a joy to ride, but Elijah, like all newspapers, rips a thing up the back an' then shows you how you can't do better than to sew up the tear an 'go on wearin' it again, so after he'd skinned the donkey an 'the tiger both alive, so to speak, he went on to say as never's a long game an' him laughs best who keeps sober longest an 'altogether his own feelin' was as America 'll soon perceive her only hope lays in electin' a new Democratic party.

Susan Clegg and a Man in the House Anne Warner 1891