Example sentences of "never [vb past] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Signature model breaks with tradition by having a moderately stupendous neck featuring both flaming and birdseye figuring ( Leo Fender never approved of figured necks , since there 'd never be enough to go round and he disliked any form of elitism ) while the JD offers a dead plain , workmanlike affair . |
| 2 | The philosophy which they never tired of expounding to us included visions of a new world , which although sketchy and inevitably idealistic often showed an artistic and positively creative side to their existence . |
| 3 | He 'd missed out on all that because of the war , and he never tired of dropping references to ‘ noughth week ’ and ‘ encaenia ’ and ‘ schools ’ and May Balls . |
| 4 | As a man of action — as he never tired of telling people — he had stuck his multi-million-pound Granny Bond idea together on the back of an envelope in a couple of hours after the introduction of Budget changes which made it possible . |
| 5 | ‘ Progressive ’ educational sentiments also provided important elements in Baden-Powell 's Boy Scout philosophy , and he never tired of criticising what he saw as the dulling conformity and uninspired education provided by the State . |
| 6 | Almost desperately she sought solace in her own private ‘ pictures ’ , the programme she never tired of , which she had projected on to her drowsy mind countless times as she lay in bed before dropping off to sleep , or half-awake on Sunday mornings . |
| 7 | And Lisa 's heart brimmed over as , with a look of adoration , Alexander responded with the words she never tired of hearing . |
| 8 | She never tired of seeing a sunset or a flock of geese , and even in her nineties she still marvelled at the beauty of the sea or the quality of light in Dumfriesshire . |
| 9 | As chairman of the Slovak Social Democratic Party in Czechoslovakia 's eastern region , he never tired of fighting for a common state of Czechs and Slovaks . |
| 10 | But quite a number of the teenage girl compositors in the sample were described as " regular attenders at the Mission " , something rarely or never remarked of their brothers . |
| 11 | ‘ The court may never say Roe v Wade is overruled , but it is likely to say , ‘ Roe v Wade … never heard of it ’ . ' |
| 12 | I never heard of these scripts again and they were never broadcast to my knowledge , but , for whatever interest they may have , I included one of them in my collection of short stories , scripts and plot summaries under the title ‘ Bits and Pieces ’ to be published one day . |
| 13 | For the first 11 of those paddling years he never heard of the BCU and it was only through his activities with the Air Training Corps and their involvement with the Devizes to Westminster Race that he got drawn into the position of race Publicity Officer which he has held since the late 70s . |
| 14 | We never heard any grumbling , everyone ate everything and we never heard of any health problems ( if there were any ) ; it was totally refreshing for all to be themselves and be accepted as they were . |
| 15 | Rodd was the man who brought to Britain 's attention the existence of the Children 's Film Foundation , a body never heard of before or since . |
| 16 | Surely this must be one of the very first models here and at that time I never heard of anyone owning one ( it would have taken six weeks wages to pay for it ) . |
| 17 | ‘ I never heard of a transmat with a range of more than a few thousand kilometres , so I 'd say we 're probably going somewhere else on this planet . ’ |
| 18 | And your husband will want to know why they should be interested in his movements in connection with a man he never heard of . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I never heard of that , ’ Joshua answered . |
| 20 | ‘ I never heard of such a dreadful thing ! |
| 21 | I never heard of a spaceship as big as this ! |
| 22 | L. DARNFORD : Well , I never heard of such grave folks in my life on such an occasion . |
| 23 | LADY JONES : Such sackcloth and ashes doings for a wedding I never heard of ! |
| 24 | ROS : ( Barks ) Never heard of you ! |
| 25 | ‘ I never heard of them , ’ the DDA stopped him . |
| 26 | But er , I never heard of them if they did and er , I mean I , I used to involve meself not in politics or anything like that is the last thing I ever thought of involving meself in but er , I did er , sort er , well being on the milk round you used to see the people in , because they come to door to bring a jug you see and you , you talk to people and you know they were , er were sensible and they were , were should I say soft or had no er conversation at all like , you know . |
| 27 | Prima , never heard of that one . |
| 28 | I never heard of that before really . |
| 29 | Critical comment of the content — expressed by , at most , one per cent of respondents — includes ‘ Only has good news , ignores the harsh realities ’ and ‘ too much about people I ‘ d never heard of ’ . |
| 30 | Well we 'll get carbon dioxide off , so you might be iridium carbonate or ytterbium , we 've got a powder which may be ytterbium car carbonate or ytterbium sulphate and you never heard of this stuff , ah carbonate carbonate and maybe , maybe ytterbium carbonate does n't give off carbon dioxide with acid , but there is a very good chance it does cos all the others you 've ever heard about do . |