Example sentences of "[vb past] never see a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 2 | He also agreed he 'd never seen a skull fracture caused by a blow to the nose . |
| 3 | He had never seen a credit card , and indeed he was not looking at one now . |
| 4 | It is possible that the young Evelyn , who had never seen a Court masque , was easily impressed . |
| 5 | Sir Alexander Cadogan , made chairman in 1952 , had never seen a BBC television programme , and the ones he had seen , in the United States , he did n't much care for . |
| 6 | The executive took care not to let it slip out that he had never seen a DPR contract note . |
| 7 | At first she could n't believe it ; she had never seen a man cry before . |
| 8 | We had never seen a soffit ventilator before , and had only a vague idea about dry-verge ridging , but the excellent catalogues and leaflets provided most of the instructions we needed . |
| 9 | I had never seen a bank nurse before and assumed she came from the Natwest . |
| 10 | Amaranth , thank God , looked like the sort of woman who had never seen a vacuum cleaner in her life . |
| 11 | Being as Liverpool had never seen a skate comp before , the atmosphere at Dan-Z 's was riotous — even though it was only a mini ramp . |
| 12 | Melanie had never seen a dog belch before . |