Example sentences of "never saw the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I never saw the sea on fire but f when we wen went into the sea I mean we were directly beneath the platform , and at that stage I mean the whole platform was on fire . |
| 2 | But you never saw the king of beasts clap his forepaws nor balance a ball on his nose ! |
| 3 | Before considering even those issues , however , there is one more very obvious question to ask : which is why Tolkien never saw The Silmarillion into print himself , and why the Unfinished Tales remained unfinished . |
| 4 | He and Ockrent go back a long way — to a jointly written screenplay for Paul MacCartney , which ‘ never saw the light of day — a damn shame , because it was a lot better than Broad Street . |
| 5 | ‘ There was nice stuff written during that era but it never saw the light of day . |
| 6 | For the first three days we were locked in the classrooms and never saw the light of day . ’ |