Example sentences of "never [verb] [prep] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must wear false eyelashes , ’ she said , ‘ and very , very expensive scent , and you must never , never sit on a park bench with a person of your own age . ’ |
| 2 | I would not normally expect this from a Severum — but then I have never heard of a Severum eating Halfbeaks . |
| 3 | To which one lady said , ‘ That would be a complete lie , have you never heard of a Spirit Entity ? ’ |
| 4 | He says he 's never heard of a church charging . |
| 5 | I have never flown in a tail dragger before but I would like to in the near future . |
| 6 | Other stories about Dic , Little Dick the Carpenter — how he never got to a rugby match because there were too many pubs on the way , how he was burnt all over in a pit explosion , wrapped in bandages so that only his eyes and nostrils showed through — and bathed slowly back to health by his daughters who poured olive oil over him all the time , how he took his daughter Cecilia ( Cis ) to eisteddfods because he loved to hear her sing but how she pleaded with him ‘ not to stop anywhere and not to leave her in the hall ’ . |
| 7 | Although an adjoining area of ground had been purchased for this purpose , it was never developed as a burial ground and its virgin state allowed the Ekarro Housing Co-operative to complement the conversion of All Saints and St Barnabas with a new building , in the style of the surrounding villas , accommodating further flats for co-operative members ( Plate 26 ) . |
| 8 | Unlike Sting , Dylan and Bowie , Waits has never looked like a rock star overreaching himself . |
| 9 | Many bookcases and sets of shelves displayed in furniture shops were never designed by a book man or anyone well acquainted with books , especially where sizes are concerned . |
| 10 | In 1828 von Baer showed that the human embryo never passes through a stage equivalent to an adult fish or reptile . |
| 11 | In any case , you 're almost never bailed for a rape charge . |
| 12 | As foil conducts electricity , it 's important that this paper is never hung behind a light switch or power socket , or anywhere where it could come in contact with electricity . |
| 13 | The autumn statement contains something that I have never seen in an autumn statement before — a chart designed to show not figures showing what might happen in the economy but estimates of consumer confidence based on Gallup poll evidence . |
| 14 | For reasons best known to the fuel companies , the Gulf crisis never turned into an oil crisis , although petrol prices generally leap up and down quicker than a Tory backbencher during a Neil Kinnock speech if a dealer on the Amsterdam spot market so much as sneezes over his computer screen . |
| 15 | It was a trick I 'd learned never to do without a crash helmet . |
| 16 | Swindon Town 's run of success nearly came to a stop at Luton on Wednesday night … you must have heard that favourite football cliche about there never being an easy game … it was one of those for Town … they missed Glenn Hoddle 's influence and never settled against a Luton side that need the points just as badly to save themselves from relegation … |
| 17 | ME ( coldly ) : I have never served in a flower shop if that is your suggestion — My father owns a chain … . |
| 18 | NEVER GO ONTO A RAILWAY LINE OR WALK ALONG IT . |
| 19 | So NEVER GO ONTO A RAILWAY LINE . |
| 20 | Denis could hardly hide his smiles , knowing that Uncle Mick had never stepped on a baseball pitch in his life . |
| 21 | In fact people who have never even heard of contraception and have never stepped inside a family planning clinic still plan their families . |
| 22 | But staff at Earlys say they 'll never go on a package holiday again . |
| 23 | But staff at Earlys say they 'll never go on a package holiday again . |
| 24 | In fact , I would suggest that anybody who has one ounce of individuality should never go to a business school — and I 've said this often at Cranfield and London — because you 're structured by academics who measure you in the science of business . |
| 25 | I made absolutely certain I never sent in a duff contract . |
| 26 | In spite of his gift to the sport , Keller was anxious not to abuse his status as President and never went to a rowing event unless invited . |
| 27 | You would have thought that what happened at Tottenham had never happened on a football pitch before . |
| 28 | So far as is known it had never been loaned for exhibition , it had never passed through an auction room and those few who had been fortunate enough to see it had done so at the private house in Oxford where it had been in the possession of the same family for many years . |
| 29 | Eldorado was never tested with a pilot programme , remarkably , considering the scale of investment involved in developing the 25-acre set . |