Example sentences of "never [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We could sell his story but we could never make money from other people 's suffering … ’
2 The wonder was , that the brass door-plate , with the interesting inscription ‘ MRS TIBBS ’ , had never caught fire from constant friction , so perseveringly was it polished .
3 Our other dogs have never shown aggression towards other dogs .
4 It was ironic , as it must be presumed that he had never set foot on French soil .
5 Never mixing disinfectant with other chemicals .
6 My wife has never laid claim to medical knowledge , Mrs Quigly …
7 Although the concept is proven at club level , it has so far never found favour in international competition .
8 Liberty for Anselm never meant freedom of individual choice ; in the monastic life it meant only freedom to follow the Rule within a local framework authoritatively laid down .
9 Piaroaland is almost free of all forms of physical violence , a place where children , teenagers , and adults alike never express anger through physical means .
10 Few as they were , they might be sufficient , for the men in them would be seasoned seamen and raiders who would brawl for the love of it , on shipboard anywhere ; who would defend their own northern lands to the death , on land or on sea ; but who would never march south in cold blood to throw away life defending a foreigner 's ground .
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