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

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1 The result was that sometimes members of the family or others who went to her for help came away empty-handed , however great their needs or deserts might be ; Addy never used need as a yardstick But on the other side of the medal were the occasions , such as this one , when she volunteered something you 'd never have dreamed of asking for , and you were free to accept it because you knew she 'd be disappointed , not relieved , if you refused .
2 There was never much conviction in the way Biggs fought , his attitude more that of a man boxing from memory rather than one attempting to resurrect a shattered career , and Mason was never persuaded that genuine peril might result from exchanges in the middle of the ring .
3 Talk in sentences , never one word at a time .
4 When you start to build bonfires in someone 's back garden , there 's never enough space between the fire and the property , and consequently you can get all sorts of damage er either of a minor nature of blistering , or at the other end of the scale complete burn out of the house .
5 There were never enough men for the work they had to do .
6 On the first morning , England crashed to 55 for 4 and there was never any doubt about the result ; by the close , it had become 135 all out , and in three overs West Indies batted , two catches were dropped .
7 Though he was , by all accounts , enthusiastic about Decca 's idea for the party-turns in their famous 1960 recording of Die Fledermaus , there was never any question of the operetta itself being subject to vulgar comic hype .
8 Alec Reid had treated several cases of polio during my first year or so in Koraloona , but there were never any signs of an epidemic .
9 As the taxpayer is on a remittance basis ( both with respect to the income arising in the trust and with respect to the new source of income ) there should be no possible problems in connection with s739 ; there is never any remittance to the United Kingdom of the income .
10 There is never any respect for an angler who says he ‘ estimated ’ the fish at such and such a weight , for his catches will always be regarded with suspicion , to say the least .
11 There is never any indication of the resistance to colonialism , or of nationalist struggles for self-determination .
12 After that case was also adjourned yesterday , Chris , a health and safety training officer , said : ‘ There was never any mention of a loan .
13 ‘ For Sea Containers , the important thing was to crack the co-operation between Tiphook and Stena , ’ Olsson says ( though , Sherwood recalls , ‘ there was never any appearance of a division ’ ) .
14 ‘ Well , never any harm in a bit of manure .
15 There was never any intention on the part of the landlords to exclude the subtenant from possession .
16 ‘ There was never any intention for the advert to be racist . ’
17 There was never any danger of a repeat yesterday , as the Tuddenham Road side shattered Slough 's previous domination of the National League .
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