Example sentences of "[vb base] never [verb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tindle never became a boyfriend of Minton 's but once , when he stayed the night at Hamilton Terrace , he woke to find Minton 's long face beside his , his big eyes staring as he remarked , ‘ Sex happens before seven ! ’ |
| 2 | The result of this strategy is that I 've never missed a plane in twenty-eight years of international travel — except once . |
| 3 | In all the time you 've played with us , we 've never played a Mystery with Christ in it . ’ |
| 4 | Then , realising that for a supposedly experienced sailor her enthusiasm was a little over the top , she added quickly and with complete honesty , ‘ I 've never sailed a boat like Seawitch before . |
| 5 | ‘ But I warn you , I 'm a landlubber : I 've never sailed a boat in my life . |
| 6 | You say you 've never kissed a woman like that before . |
| 7 | I 've never timed an egg in my life . |
| 8 | He liked to tell one that he was a dilettante , ‘ I 've never written a line for publication nor put brush to water-colour , in short I never did a stroke of work , except for those few years teaching at Harvard , and I must admit that I enjoyed every moment of them — in retrospect . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never fired a gun in anger in my life . |
| 10 | We 've never made a contribution to this club . |
| 11 | I have always had women artists but I 've never made a point of it . |
| 12 | Most women artists just like to think of themselves as artists and we 've never made a point of an artist being a woman . |
| 13 | There 's too much hype connected to most beauty products so I 've never become a slave to any particular shampoo . |
| 14 | ‘ I wo n't promise anything , ’ she said following him , ‘ I 've never tackled a job like it before but I might just be able to make a built-up boot for you . ’ |
| 15 | I 've never touched a penny of that . |
| 16 | I 've never charged a fee for anything I 've done and so all my work has had to be financed out of my own pocket . |
| 17 | I 've never given a speech in my life before . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've never done a thing like that before , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've never seen a scene like it and never want to again , ’ said Mr Yoxall as he surveyed the carnage . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've never seen a sky like that in my life before , ’ Susan said softly , wonder in her voice . |
| 21 | Now I 've never seen a provision like that put forward for legislation before . |
| 22 | And I 've never seen a case in which there was a fist fight in front of the cinema and they pulled the movie because of it . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've never seen a lugworm like it ’ |
| 24 | Fucking I tell you you 've never seen a pair of hands on this like them . |
| 25 | Was it you probably wo n't believe this but I 've never seen a programme of Spitting Image . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've never seen a report like this . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , I 've never seen an android like that before . |
| 28 | You hardly know him , but you can see him that clearly , understand what he 's about — and yet you 've never understood a thing about me , and we 've been together , sharing a bed and our weekends , for weeks now ! ’ |
| 29 | The other thing I would say is this that the management , whilst they very rarely agree with what Eric has got to say I 've never met a member of management at any level , at any level that does n't respect what he 's got to say and that 's a tremendous , er psychological blow before they even get round the table , because he 's completely disarming and his record in terms as vic er for , of victories , for individual members and groups of mem er , members , er , is legendary and I think apart from his ability it 's the respect in which he 's held by , by everybody , by everybody . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've never met a girl with such a talent for getting hold of the wrong end of any available stick . |