and above all do not deliberate—this brings you sorrow; you never commit greater stupidities or more tremendous mistakes than when you deliberate.
— from A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue

“I do notice, sir, you never carry gingerbread or the like for the children.”
— from It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade

“But the odd thing is,” he said, “you never can get any thing to eat in these houses.
— from Lothair by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

But even nurse was wont to say, “You never can get at Miss Penelope.
— from Girls of the Forest by L. T. Meade

And after that— I know there was some story; you never could get to the bottom of it.
— from The Country House by John Galsworthy

But—will you give the Empire the same support your new colleagues give the Traiti?" Tarlac laughed, relieved that the Emperor could see and grasp this opportunity as readily as ever, in spite of the circumstances.
— from Fearful Symmetry: A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson

That is something you never can guarantee.
— from Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

“But you say you never can go out in the daytime.”
— from Egholm and his God by Johannes Buchholtz