Example sentences of "never a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were never a slave in Egypt , but your zeide was . ’ |
| 2 | If one trespasses beyond the limits , he quietly corrects the fault in a plea , never a paroxysm . |
| 3 | And of course the old fellow 's holes went out but they went right over him nev never a scratch on him . |
| 4 | It seemed to Ruth , what her aunt had long suspected , that to part with loved ones while they are still living , with never a hope of seeing them again , was worse than losing them by death . |
| 5 | There was never a hope of George Custer 's men being struck by a burning arrow from the likes of China or Spain , but sport does have a delicious habit of tripping up those propelled on wings of greed and pomposity . |
| 6 | Going to the States this summer was never a consideration . |
| 7 | She permeates me like scent in a room when the lid is liked and the petals stirred , never a memory occasionally summoned but , so totally that I am unaware of it , forming the very fabric of the structure from which I gain my substance . |
| 8 | Welfare is an investment , never a charity . |
| 9 | A puritan in a licentious age : always a Roundhead , never a Cavalier . |
| 10 | A product 's quality or degree of innovation is never a guarantee of success and a lot will depend on just how hefty these forthcoming Japanese backers turn out to be . |
| 11 | A product 's quality or degree of innovation is never a guarantee of success and a lot will depend on just how hefty these forthcoming Japanese backers turn out to be . |
| 12 | Although the general intention was that the ESSE/L Project would be a rolling programme , there was never a guarantee that the Education Department would fund the project for more than a year at a time ( with the exception of 1983–84 , when two years were funded ) . |
| 13 | There were a lot of grimaces , and a little dry bark sometimes , but never a laugh . |
| 14 | In spite of changes in name and act , he was never a success as a performer , but became increasingly interested in the business of promotion and management . |
| 15 | " That 'll take a bashing on a hard shore and never a crack in fifty years . |
| 16 | He was never a help to his father , but even so … |
| 17 | I 've often seen a cat without a grin , ’ thought Alice , ‘ but never a grin without a cat ! ’ |
| 18 | But I was never a Communist . |
| 19 | Er metals erm , they 're always in solid or liquid form , metals never a gas . |
| 20 | You can often allow a verb and an object together , but never a subject and a verb , so sentence three and five you can say Florence said she teased Dougal and she did , I E she did tease Dougal , but sentence four is ill-formed . |
| 21 | Experience was all , and I set out to grab it with both hands , drifting from country to country , from one relationship to another , a heedless , hedonistic round with never a thought for tomorrow . |
| 22 | With never a thought be it near or far , 'ere , |
| 23 | With the tub installed in their Simi Valley home the happy couple indulged in regular fun and games in it , with never a thought for their high blood pressure . |
| 24 | They were all the same — never a thought for anything but their own interests . |
| 25 | Never a thought for ourselves . |
| 26 | Never a thought for your poor host/hostess . |
| 27 | I was never a Creeper . |
| 28 | I was never a part of any plot with them . ’ |
| 29 | He said there was never a day when he did not believe they would survive . |
| 30 | There was , indeed , never a day , except when he was away on short holidays , during which he did not spend some time in her company , from the time of their first association in 1919 until her death in 1951 . |