Example sentences of "never [verb] eye [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood quite close to her and he said , ‘ I do n't know who you are , lass , never clapped eyes on you , and from the look of you an' your voice you 're not the kind wor Robbie would pick up with . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd never clapped eyes on the guy before , ’ said a stunned Foulds . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd never clapped eyes on the guy before , ’ said a stunned Foulds . |
| 4 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 5 | She 'd be quite happy never to set eyes on him again . |
| 6 | He waited until Berthon — with whom Rudd had never seen eye to eye — took a holiday and grafted a new front end on to Jean Behra 's car . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Ted and I will never see eye to eye about his clients , whom he likes , respects and positively enjoys dragging over hills to bag stags , whereas I loathe these numbskulls who think killing is ‘ sport ’ . |
| 9 | My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living . |
| 10 | Relationships were just too difficult , the sexes would never see eye to eye , it was all too much bother . |
| 11 | Most of them would never set eyes on the place and few felt any loyalty towards it . |
| 12 | He 'd wish that he 'd never set eyes on the Ashdown girl . |
| 13 | Imagine my father 's feelings , knowing that he 'd probably never set eyes on Venice again , ’ she said , her emotions making the words husky . |
| 14 | ‘ You could have , after all , been stranded with someone you 'd never set eyes on — someone who was n't the least bit hospitable . |
| 15 | For if I have my way , when this custody suit is over you 'll never set eyes on Kirsty again . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I never set eyes on Parmiggiani 's installation ’ |
| 17 | But I never set eyes on him , me . " |
| 18 | I 'm making him wish he never set eyes on me . |
| 19 | ‘ Never set eyes on the bugger , ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ To my certain knowledge , Wendy , I have never set eyes on anyone called Margot Iverson in my life before . ’ |
| 21 | Erika , who had never set eyes on Hetta in her life , stoutly agreed , and even Paul , making a dishevelled appearance , said with his new courtliness that he would like to meet her , causing Frau Nordern to raise a sceptical eyebrow and warn him not to be sarcastic at that time of the morning . |
| 22 | Biddy drove out of town fast , and down narrow lanes into the country of wide marshland and wider skies which Nails knew existed but had never set eyes on before . |
| 23 | From that day to this Adam had never set eyes on Mary Gage and had hardly ever thought of her . |
| 24 | THE first Essex Senior Cup final , in 1884 , saw Colchester beat Braintree 3–1 but the garrison town has never set eyes on Signor Fattorini 's masterpiece since . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | I 've never set eyes on him . |
| 27 | Not for the first time , she wished Great-Aunt Alicia had never set eyes on Matthew Preston . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | People like Michelle probably never set eyes on a dentist normally . |
| 30 | And I 've never laid eyes on Vera . ’ |