Example sentences of "[vb base] never [verb] eye " in BNC.

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1 I 've never set eyes on him .
2 ‘ I hardly feel that I 'm the person to answer that particular question , ’ offered Mr Palmer , ‘ as I 've never set eyes on the lady before yesterday . ’
3 And I 've never laid eyes on Vera . ’
4 ‘ I 've never laid eyes on 'em before , ’ he replied , ‘ but I 'll never ferget the bloke who laid me out .
5 " I 've never laid eyes on him , " Mrs. Butler said .
6 The two have never seen eye to eye apparently and although some papers called him a hothead , Horton insists he was n't going to have a go at the ref , who was given a police escort back to the dressing rooms .
7 ‘ To my certain knowledge , Wendy , I have never set eyes on anyone called Margot Iverson in my life before . ’
8 As such , it was able to produce ‘ a more wonderful miracle than the greatest achievement of science ’ , for ‘ it enables millions who have never set eyes on one another to act together in peaceful and mutual co-operation and makes them glad and proud to do so ’ ( p. 8 ) .
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