Example sentences of "never set [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was ironic , as it must be presumed that he had never set foot on French soil . |
| 2 | And the new stars , often college graduates who have never set foot on a farm in their lives , have played it for all they are worth . |
| 3 | Zambia had never set foot inside Jahsaxa 's personal space before but , as SHe suspected , it was tastefully bare , illumined softly by concealed lighting . |
| 4 | Mr Yardley , according to his wife , had never set foot in the tent . |
| 5 | Charlie Hatton was a cocky little lorry driver who had probably never set foot in Mayfair all his life . |
| 6 | ‘ He has never set foot in Israel and yet claims to be an expert in Israeli affairs . |
| 7 | ‘ We are both like cheap wine — we do n't travel well , ’ explains Peter , who to this day has never set foot in America , let alone Hollywood . |
| 8 | I had been there once or twice but she had never set foot in my father 's new home . |
| 9 | However , he had never set foot in the village again . |
| 10 | I must say I was quite surpri I 've never set foot in the place before since that time we went down before it was open . |
| 11 | I have never set foot in it . |
| 12 | ‘ To my certain knowledge , Wendy , I have never set eyes on anyone called Margot Iverson in my life before . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | From that day to this Adam had never set eyes on Mary Gage and had hardly ever thought of her . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | I 've never set eyes on him . |
| 19 | Not for the first time , she wished Great-Aunt Alicia had never set eyes on Matthew Preston . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | People like Michelle probably never set eyes on a dentist normally . |