Example sentences of "[verb] never [vb pp] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His jockey , Peter Scudamore , has ridden more winners than any rider in history , but has never won the Gold Cup . |
| 2 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best but one of them has never won the Gold Cup … |
| 3 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best jockeys but one of them has never won the Gold Cup which one … |
| 4 | ‘ Although I did n't have any live playing experience — I 'd never done the youth club/dance band/pub/club thing — I still felt that I was technically quite good , having evolved my style from playing along to records . |
| 5 | But in a brand new fitted dress into which I 'd climbed only two hours earlier , and in which I 'd never attempted the sitting position let alone … well to cut a long and visually absurd story short , I was about as likely to have a pee in that dress as I was to share a bagel with Adnan Kashoggi . |
| 6 | I 'd never enjoyed the media interest and the goldfish-bowl aspect of driving , and while I was grateful to have fans their continual invasion of my privacy got me down . |
| 7 | She 'd never known the Lobster Pot to have so much atmosphere . |
| 8 | You 've never heard the term summer walker ? |
| 9 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
| 10 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
| 11 | He paused in the doorway , because it was rare to see the High Queen without at least a dozen courtiers ; certainly he had never seen the Sun Chamber like this , bathed in the glow from the dying day , alive with the strong , pure magic of the Purple Hour , the huge crystal windows that looked out over all Ireland ablaze with light . |
| 12 | She had never seen the time machine looking so ordinary . |
| 13 | When questioned , Mr Bence said he had never seen the trophy cabinet in his life , and was at a loss to explain how it came to be in the director 's Portakabin . |
| 14 | Phyllis had never seen the check-out girl before . |
| 15 | Wilson had tried this first , with ‘ In Place of Strife ’ , but fortunately for Labour these proposals had never reached the statute book since union opposition was internalised within the party . |
| 16 | Scott would bet that he had never worn the snakeskin overcoat Annabel had given him the Christmas before . |
| 17 | When I say that Dolores had never heard the term gig before joining the band I am not taking the piss or ridiculing her . |
| 18 | ( Many Keynesians who had never accepted the Phillips curve regarded its ‘ breakdown ’ as the long overdue come uppance of an uninvited and unwelcome intruder . ) |
| 19 | This was compounded by her belief that her normal examination ( aged 34 ) meant that neither she nor her children were at risk , and she had never discussed the family history with them . |
| 20 | Kragan did n't add that he had never trusted the newspaper proprietor who sat on the council . |
| 21 | However , the USA have never ratified the Warsaw Convention so as far as air carrier liability is concerned within the USA the sky is the limit and any party whose negligence can be proved is liable . |
| 22 | I have never known the Scherzo sound so like a dashing tarantella , and the headlong pace for the finale inspired exuberant playing from the LPO players , with the horns braying magnificently . |
| 23 | Great Britain have never won the World Cup but after this summer 's titanic struggle for the Ashes and blessed with home advantage , Mal Reilly 's men will never have a better chance to take the trophy . |
| 24 | England , like Scotland , have never won the World Cup . |