No student has ever thanked me for helping him or her to achieve good standardized test scores.
"American power was used three times between 1990 and 2000 to rescue Muslims from ruin, but no Islamist has ever thanked them," Mr. Ajami said.
On the image-conscious women's circuit, where there is a tacit agreement that lesbian players keep quiet, only one (secretly) gay player has ever thanked her for her candour.
You might not have ever thanked them or acknowledged the difference they made.
It plays back the recordings of anyone who has ever thanked us, praised us, or shouted our name as we raced toward the finish line.
The biggest payoff to this approach came after a pre-release screening when an elderly woman whispered in my ear, "I was a Freedom Rider, and no one has ever thanked me before".
Even after the outright failure of Tin Machine, Gabrels became Bowie's guitar go-to guy, and his influence continued on the likes of Black Tie White Noise, Outside, Earthling and Hours.... Few have ever thanked him, but far from the image of an auteur he always projected, Bowie needed his wing-men.
I don't know if I've ever thanked you for being there for me, reassuring me during the darker times of my life especially when I had some major ups and downs during medical school, loving me unconditionally and doing everything you could to make up for the side of dad that could be stern.
The most gratefully I have ever been thanked for anything was on the postnatal ward with my second baby, when the first-time mother in the bed opposite had been crying and calling out for ages at 3am (nobody came; yes, I know they are unmanageably overstretched), and I went over and sat on her bed.
Nobody has ever said thank you to this group".
