Example sentences of "[noun] never [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I thought it really had been a very good life , a fun life , despite Ellen never having gone to bed with me , and I wondered if my father would even notice my death , then the Maggot whooped with glee , hauled back on the stick , and our plane was screaming up into the wide blue lovely bullet-free sky and the Maggot was laughing and slapping my shoulder . |
| 2 | I ’ m never going to forget that , Henry Darnley . |
| 3 | A dazzled junior seized the opportunity to press tea on them both , his eyes never leaving Catherine , and McLeish , amused , accepted a cup . |
| 4 | This time he continued on across the grass until he had almost reached the summerhouse , then turned and came walking slowly back , his eyes never leaving the ground . |
| 5 | He felt the moistness , felt the narrow aperture , then slowly , her eyes never leaving his , she lowered herself down as if she were impaling herself on his flesh . |
| 6 | He took her hand and raised it to his lips , his eyes never leaving her face . |
| 7 | ‘ I want him involved , ’ Plummer said , his eyes never leaving Hitch . |
| 8 | She moved closer to the picture , her eyes never leaving Ward 's face , her feet brushing against the soft silk as she walked over it . |
| 9 | Fael-Inis was perched on the edge of a chair now , his eyes never leaving the dark-eyed figure of the Lad . |
| 10 | Foreman shook his head , his eyes never leaving the coroner 's . |
| 11 | She gave a brief glance at the screen , dropped her jaw by at least a metre , and walked backwards , first into the back wall , and then slowly and hypnotically down our aisle , past our row — in spite of our waving and hissing cries of ‘ Mummm ! ’ — then backwards again , eyes never leaving the screen , and past us in the other direction . |
| 12 | He nodded thoughtfully , his eyes never leaving her face . |
| 13 | Jenna whispered the words , her eyes never leaving the image of what she had been long ago . |
| 14 | He just left the remark hanging in the air and she stared after him , the eyes never leaving him at all . |
| 15 | For a second the count just stood there and then he came slowly across to them , his eyes never leaving Maggie 's face until he was close . |
| 16 | Benedict drew a hissing breath , and pulled up his horses , his eyes never leaving hers . |
| 17 | He felt a sudden sharp impulse to look to his left , but controlled it , his eyes never leaving the Empress . |
| 18 | Seeing that she was awake , fitzAlan sat forward , resting his forearms on his thighs , his eyes never leaving her face . |
| 19 | ‘ Now the shotgun , ’ he commanded , his glittering black eyes never leaving Grant 's . |
| 20 | He passed his hand slowly and deliberately through the fire from the nearest torch , his eyes never leaving the woman . |
| 21 | Jake dropped the heavy paperweight into the palm of his other hand , his eyes never leaving hers as he did so . |
| 22 | Guido spoke quietly , his eyes never leaving the other man 's face . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's true , ’ he agreed after a careful pause , eyes never leaving her face , ‘ fools never think of the future . |
| 24 | Very slowly she took the headphones off and laid them carefully on the table , her eyes never leaving Luke 's for a moment . |
| 25 | He raised his hand to stroke the soft skin of her cheek , his eyes never leaving hers as she stared blindly back at him , her pulses seeming to almost race out of control . |
| 26 | While he had been talking the urgency of his hands on her body had increased , his thumbs moving up to softly circle the tips of her breasts , his eyes never leaving her face , as if he was carefully gauging her reaction . |
| 27 | Then softly , his eyes never leaving hers , he said , ‘ I think we 'd better join the others . ’ |
| 28 | He sat back in his seat , his knowing eyes never leaving her , and she took a deep breath , desperately trying to steady the sudden rush of adrenalin charging round her body . |
| 29 | He shrugged , his eyes never leaving her face . |
| 30 | Slowly , his eyes never leaving her face , he reached behind her and undid the closure of her gown . |