Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Its my own personal opinion that the only true love and er I have to honestly say I 've never heard love here defined as I would as the totally unconditional love that happens between a woman and a child , probably from the moment of birth that bonds them through life , that 's the only love that I could ever admit to . |
| 32 | ‘ I 've never heard Terence abbreviated to Ted before , ’ Anne whispered to Eileen , but she seemed indifferent . |
| 33 | Some of the apparatus is made by Philips and Westinghouse , some by manufacturers he has never heard o It all looks slightly unfamiliar . |
| 34 | He had played classical music on the stereo , which Boy had assured him he liked , and it was true ; Boy had never heard music like this before and he thought it was wonderful , a sound as big , and as warm , and as expensive as the car ; a sound as exciting as the sensation of being driven through the night by a stranger . |
| 35 | Frequently he paused to inspect his tail as though he had never heard noises like that before . |
| 36 | ( He had never heard hounds baying except on the television . ) |
| 37 | No , I 'd never heard Hilary mention him , ’ said Mrs Frome . |
| 38 | Perhaps you 've never heard NWA , but you 've almost certainly heard of them . |
| 39 | She had never heard Louise speak in this tone of voice before . |
| 40 | He had never heard Francesca giving vent to feminine jealousy and on the whole he found the experience refreshing . |
| 41 | She had never heard Foucard speak so soothingly , so encouragingly . |
| 42 | I 've never heard testimony better delivered than Pulley 's ( and ) Leech gave his with great clearness and good sense ’ . |
| 43 | Kitto never heard sound again . |
| 44 | Emmie thought she had never heard people laugh so much or sound so happy . |
| 45 | I had never heard Pike sing in real life , so I could n't tell how this spirit voice matched up to the real one . |
| 46 | She had never heard Henry talk like this before . |
| 47 | Culley had never heard Susan Court speak , but it was clear from what was being said that the voice was hers . |
| 48 | It aroused fury among the educated classes in Teheran , and it was never ratified ny the Majles , It was at this time that the same Iranian nationalists began to look to the United States for support against British exploitation . |
| 49 | The High Elves of Ulthuan have never developed gunpowder technology as have the men of the Old World and Dwarfs — indeed they have never needed to do so as their marksmanship with the bow is superior to that of lesser races . |
| 50 | Orkney Islands Council have never developed guidelines of their own . |
| 51 | The Crown Prince , who had never favoured Falkenhayn 's plans , was adamant in his belief that the offensive should be called off ; Falkenhayn himself wavered — as well he might , for his reputation and professional future depended on success at Verdun . |
| 52 | He had never favoured telepathy as a means of communication ; something about rolling words about on his tongue ( particularly ones with lots of rs in ) appealed too much to him . |
| 53 | ‘ It has not been easy to do because we have never given guarantees before . |
| 54 | The time was in fact ripe , not only for a secession from religion ( which , after all , had never given parents anything very tangible ) , but for a transfer of allegiance from the other traditional reference groups of parents : away from the methods prescribed by folklore , custom and the baby 's grandmother , and towards the new blessings held out by scientific mothercraft . |
| 55 | We 've never given money directly for pay awards anyway , because if you do that , that 's what the claim always is , you know . |
| 56 | Despite the fact that Yugoslavia was more market-conscious than some other socialist countries , the development of exports was never given priority in its industrial strategy . |
| 57 | Typically he was never given acknowledgement for his part in its creation . |
| 58 | Never given office by the Liberals , he served as a back-bencher on several royal commissions and committees . |
| 59 | Much of our daily work was ten years in advance of the official police community involvement programmes and yet our actions were only an extension of those social welfare activities the police have been heavily involved in for generations , but which are never given status as ‘ real police work ’ simply because of the institutional emphasis placed upon summons lists , numbers of arrests , crime detections , and other statistical returns . |
| 60 | ‘ Though my sisters and I were never given pocket money . |