Example sentences of "never [be] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Mother Catherine , the mother superior , a spritely 85-year-old American , said there had never been a case of food poisoning associated with eggs from the monastery , which had kept flocks for 20 years . |
2 | The Mother Superior , Mother Catherine , 82 , said there had never been a case of food poisoning associated with eggs from the monastery . |
3 | In the abstract it may not be too difficult to acknowledge that the thinking , desiring and feeling which seem more intimately myself than my bodily motions are spontaneous , and also voluntarily controllable , in much the same proportions as the physical process of breathing , and that there has never been a moment of choice when I was not already being spontaneously pulled by them in the directions between which I chose . |
4 | To Branson , arguments had never been a symptom of animosity ; rather , he and Powell had always argued ‘ like a married couple , knowing you could shout at each other and it would n't matter ’ . |
5 | But I have never been a lover of cheese myself , except with Christmas cake . |
6 | She loved him deeply , but their relationship had generally been tacit ; there had never been a need for definition , explanations , analyses . |
7 | But then , faith and goodness have never been a matter of intellect . |
8 | Although Beveridge argued that once older people had worked a full course and fulfilled ‘ the obligation of service ’ they were to receive ‘ an adequate income to maintain them ’ , this has never been the case in practice . |
9 | I have never been the kind of person who can dismiss physical appearance , who passes a make-up counter without a glance . |
10 | Such packages have never been the subject of discussion with IBOA and members are advised of the dangers of individual negotiations on these very important issues . |
11 | Football trade magazines such as Shoot , Match , Football Monthly , World Soccer and newcomers like Inside Football have never been the epitome of style , and unsurprisingly little change is found here . |
12 | The Conservative party has never been the party of law and order , and during this Parliament it has thrown away the last vestiges of any claim to such a title . |
13 | She had never been the sort of girl to hang around , waiting for a man . |
14 | It has never been the intention of Guitarist to augment dealer ads with sycophantic reviews , either . |
15 | Is it intended that there should never be an interchange of information directly by computer but only by request between all European Community police forces ? |
16 | The harbour would never be the scene of activity described by JTR . |