Example sentences of "never see the [noun sg] of day " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's so much good stuff that has never seen the light of day . |
| 2 | Sadly , for it was a lively , largely autobiographical piece , it would never see the light of day . |
| 3 | Dragons can lie for dark centuries brooding over their treasures , bedding down on frozen flames that will never see the light of day . |
| 4 | Many of Brindley 's ideas were regarded as the hair-brained schemes of a madman which would never see the light of day . |
| 5 | Rowden is a fine school and it 'll give him plenty of sports and develop a side of him which could never see the light of day in Ireland . |
| 6 | You will probably never see the light of day again ! ’ |
| 7 | In this contriving to do the obvious thing in a way not altogether obvious will lie the difference between producing a run-of-the-mill story , which may well never see the light of day , and producing a story with that something extra . |
| 8 | Where that information relates to national security , all that the Government has to show is that publication might cause some injury to the national interest — a test which would ensure that the British equivalent of the Pentagon Papers would never see the light of day . |
| 9 | If you do n't , you will never see the light of day in print . |
| 10 | He and Ockrent go back a long way — to a jointly written screenplay for Paul MacCartney , which ‘ never saw the light of day — a damn shame , because it was a lot better than Broad Street . |
| 11 | ‘ There was nice stuff written during that era but it never saw the light of day . |
| 12 | For the first three days we were locked in the classrooms and never saw the light of day . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You know as well as I do it 's a damned great industry — and there are plenty of facets to it that never see the light of day . |
| 14 | The implication must be that a lot of bids are being planned but never see the light of day . |