Example sentences of "[verb] never once [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently she has never once run into personal danger , and perhaps the clarity of her intention , and the careful planning of her route each night , have helped in this respect . |
| 2 | The Yorkshire-born jockey broke his duck at Yarmouth in 1967 and has never once doubted his ability to compete with the best . |
| 3 | He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop . |
| 4 | Indeed , in the eight events since his last victory in which he has finished third equal or better , he has never once failed to beat par in the last round . |
| 5 | In all the months that she 'd been going out with Adrian , he 'd never once asked to talk to her like that , in that special way , during school time . |
| 6 | He 'd never once forgotten to lock up the hens when she 'd asked him . |
| 7 | Four years we 've been apart , and you 've never once tried to get in touch with me . |
| 8 | Richard , 94 , and Ethel , 93 , of Malvern , Worcs. , agreed : ‘ We 've never once thought about anyone else . ’ |
| 9 | God Almighty , Janine , you 've never once looked after the bloody kid for a whole day since it was born ! ’ |
| 10 | I 've supported Leeds since I was 5 and in all that time I 've never once wished Leeds would lose a game , ever . |
| 11 | I 've never once got the sequencer in it to work , though ! ’ |
| 12 | Matilda had never once stopped to think about where Miss Honey might be living . |
| 13 | Close though her friendship with Gary had become she had never once breathed a word to him about the new collections she saw taking shape at Mattli — and as for ‘ pillow talk ’ the notion was absurd . |
| 14 | Mobuto had never once referred to his father by name or attempted to make any apology for the abhorrent crimes that had been committed under his regime . |
| 15 | Carla had been opposed to penis penetration on political grounds and Polly had never once achieved orgasm during intercourse . |
| 16 | He realized with a stab of regret he had never once seen her face clearly , and if he went back to seek her out he would n't know her for sure among the many daughters of the chief . |
| 17 | She had never once seen him cry , not even when the baby died . |
| 18 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 19 | It had never once crossed his mind that she would take exception to what he had done . |
| 20 | Then , as she obeyed , he was reaching into the back seat of the car and lifting out Kirsty , who had never once stirred . |
| 21 | His debts to her were never-ending and yet she had never once made him feel that he owed her anything . |
| 22 | Esther Ward had more reason to be ashamed than her vulnerable sister Elizabeth , for she had taken advantage of the forbidden love which had grown between Elizabeth and Richard , and she had never once opened her heart to the innocent girl-child who was born out of that love . |
| 23 | They had never once criticised his mother 's behaviour in their grandson 's hearing . |
| 24 | It was brought home to them , for the very first time , that Tamar had never once described her abode . |
| 25 | When they returned , having taken in a fair part of Sutherland , they swore that their feet had never once left Ross-shire soil . |
| 26 | Then he 'd kissed her and walked away ; and though she waited until he was out of sight , he had never once looked back to where she stood . |
| 27 | Patricia had never once mentioned his relationship with Clare , and , absurdly , he had come to assume that it was a matter of indifference to her . |
| 28 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 29 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 30 | I have never once heard a staff member say that would n't stay after the school day for some activity or other . |