Example sentences of "[conj] never [verb] [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 He heard Mandru tell all the other Ixmaritians that never had he seen such eloquence of posture , such moving pathos .
2 On the other hand we are fortunate indeed if we happen to be in a business that is so secure that it is enough for us to make effortless decisions that never require us to do more than flow along with established patterns .
3 It was so different — the silence was so serene — so tranquil — and the birds came so close — and never had they seen such magnificent trees .
4 Never have the game 's laws undergone so radical an overhaul as they did last year — and never have they provoked such an outcry .
5 She had been kissed before , but never had she felt this sudden flare of sensation , which stole her senses and made her pliant in Luke Calder 's arms .
6 On leaving Oxford , he was secured the position of honorary attaché at the embassy in Tokyo in 1902 , but never allowed himself to become much interested in Far Eastern affairs .
7 That suppressed anger has had its volcanic eruptions in many aspects of popular culture , but never has it had such a lava flow in the realm of rock'n'roll .
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