Example sentences of "never [verb] [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I 've never heard a reggae record like this , nor any other record , come to that , imagine the sort of slow , two-note bassline of De La Soul 's ‘ What 's More ’ taken back to its R&B roots , with copping guitar , honking sax and leering swagger in the rhythm . |
| 2 | When I say that Dolores had never heard the term gig before joining the band I am not taking the piss or ridiculing her . |
| 3 | ‘ I know it 's silly , but I 've never outgrown a childhood tendency to travel sickness . |
| 4 | She never got a phone call about that job |
| 5 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
| 6 | But he insists regret should never make a footballer compromise on toughness . |
| 7 | ‘ If men never considered the exchange rate in precisely those terms , ’ the man wrote , ‘ then the Caprice and the Ivy would have given up on the supper trade decades ago . ’ |
| 8 | If you do take a wheelchair out with you , never forget the support cushion for the seat , and make sure the footplates are always in place . |
| 9 | Although we never transformed the inquiry process into anything approaching a people 's tribunal , we did turn it into something much more accessible than many people had ever conceived . |
| 10 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 11 | ‘ Never seen a slave band like that afore . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I have never seen a rain storm like it — it must have lasted more than 30 minutes . |
| 13 | I 've never seen a motor bike with a trailer |
| 14 | I had never seen a bank nurse before and assumed she came from the Natwest . |
| 15 | Amaranth , thank God , looked like the sort of woman who had never seen a vacuum cleaner in her life . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've never seen a woman fight like that , ’ he began again . |
| 17 | He paused in the doorway , because it was rare to see the High Queen without at least a dozen courtiers ; certainly he had never seen the Sun Chamber like this , bathed in the glow from the dying day , alive with the strong , pure magic of the Purple Hour , the huge crystal windows that looked out over all Ireland ablaze with light . |
| 18 | ‘ Have you never seen the video replay of the accident ? ’ |
| 19 | When questioned , Mr Bence said he had never seen the trophy cabinet in his life , and was at a loss to explain how it came to be in the director 's Portakabin . |
| 20 | I have lived in Grey Street for over 30 years and we have never had a bus service in all that time , so when it was introduced last year everyone was delighted . |
| 21 | There were thousands of paparazzi and fans because they 'd never had a world premiere in Houston before . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's never had a cross word for me or Carolyn — never , ’ Meg told Jean ruefully . |
| 23 | I think we 're just gon na have to let him moan I would n't mind , but until last weekend , he never give a dickie bird about going to sleep I think it was that came in and set him off she should 've just left him on to it instead of trying to do it herself |
| 24 | When using the ribber , I never tie the yarn end to a clamp or any other part of the machine , it 's so easy to forget it , so it pulls the knitting up and the comb with it and soon the machine jams . |
| 25 | For , although the Institute has provided undergraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision over the years , it has never offered a degree course in the History of Art in the manner of other British universities with outstanding collections , such as Glasgow , Manchester , London or East Anglia . |
| 26 | ‘ For a start , I go right along with the ‘ never look a gift horse in the mouth ’ proverb , ’ he said . |
| 27 | You know the old saying about never look a gift horse in the mouth , well do n't turn down a good tip . |
| 28 | You never look a gift horse in the mouth . |
| 29 | They never begin the sleep period with REM sleep . |
| 30 | The need for the new test is underlined by a report today from the Royal Automobile Club and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents which suggests that drivers never read the Highway Code after passing their driving test . |