Example sentences of "never lost [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though she had left Stornoway when she was just 14 , she never lost her love for her birthplace or her sweet West Highland accent . |
| 2 | Though viewed by many as a relic of the 1890s , she never lost her enthusiasm for new artistic trends . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , as the cassettes of a BBC teach-yourself English course found in her bedroom after the fall indicated , Elena never lost her taste for self-improvement . |
| 4 | Insolvency , bankruptcy — in passing from one generation to another , the terms never lost their dread significance . |
| 5 | The classical spirit in which he was trained never lost its hold upon him ; the spirit of the pagan authors he revered in their original languages coexisted in his mind with an Anglicanism more committed in substance than fervent in style ; and as the new novel of the 1950s revived the techniques of eighteenth-century fiction , so did Lewis 's critical prose revive the world of hard-hitting supper-party debates that Boswell records . |
| 6 | The government of George I and the Whigs never lost its credibility , but retained the support of a substantial proportion of the traditional ruling class and probably a higher proportion of the mass of the population than is usually realised . |
| 7 | The CUC varied in activity and strength and evolved with various modifications in constitutions and structure , but never lost its independence . |
| 8 | But no cries came to them there on the terrace , the darkness lit by the moon , the bright stars spread like a net across a sky that never lost its blueness , the scented tapers burning between the statuary of the amorous god . |
| 9 | He always felt that effective musical criticism began by being well written , and he never lost his liveliness . |
| 10 | Philippe never lost his childhood orientation and was known to lead his troops into battle in high heels and wearing a perfumed wig . |
| 11 | He never lost his ability to fire others with a passion for great painting of the past , but he began to weary of the College and was often found with his students , not in the studios , but in the nearby pub , the Hoop and Toy . |
| 12 | Stephen never lost his temper with her , but with others … |
| 13 | The children 's abiding memory of their father is his patience and thoroughness : he never lost his temper , and all tasks were thought out and executed with minute attention to detail . |
| 14 | Corbett told polic that he never lost his temper with the child and never smacked her . |
| 15 | The painter Vlaminck maintained that Modi never lost his quality of distinction : ‘ I knew Modigliani well . |
| 16 | Tolkien in other words never lost his belief in the reality and continuity , not only of language and of history , but of human nature and of some intellectual problems . |
| 17 | Perhaps the classic case of this sort was William Foot Whyte 's study Street Comer Society where he became a quasi-gang member but never lost his status of researcher . |
| 18 | ‘ When I first met you you never lost your temper , ’ he commented softly . |
| 19 | ‘ I never gave up ; it was positive thinking and I never lost my enthusiasm . |
| 20 | ‘ I never gave up ; it was positive thinking and I never lost my enthusiasm . |
| 21 | ‘ I never lost my love of theatre , ’ said Roy , 57 , yesterday . |