Example sentences of "never [vb past] his [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , but he forgot to tell the police so unfortunately for p poor old Bill he never got his name in history . |
| 2 | However , he never relinquished his passion for anatomy and , urged on by John Hunter , amassed an amazing collection of specimens , the most celebrated of which was the body of Miss Hannah Beswick , later known as the Manchester Mummy . |
| 3 | The painter Vlaminck maintained that Modi never lost his quality of distinction : ‘ I knew Modigliani well . |
| 4 | Perhaps the classic case of this sort was William Foot Whyte 's study Street Comer Society where he became a quasi-gang member but never lost his status of researcher . |
| 5 | He never wore his turban at home , which always gave Hoomey a jolt of surprise , seeing the knee-length black hair coiled on top of his head , skewered in place with a comb . |
| 6 | These could be the positive side of your parents ' shortcomings , eg a young man may have noticed that his father never took his mother into consideration when purchasing the family car . |
| 7 | Oh yes er I think somebody kept it around father 's day , a chap named , but it was a beautiful old place and he always , because my father always used to erm start off about seven o'clock in the morning to walk down to Walkers and er call in at the White Hart because they were open at six o'clock in the morning , for a rum and coffee for about tuppence or thruppence , then he always used to er go to his mother 's for his breakfast and er he used to go down and see all the men start off and then , then slip over to his mother 's , she lived on the Road and er she , for years and years this went on that he had his break he never had his breakfast at home he 'd start off going down there and come back to his mother 's , but he always stopped at the White Hart for his rum and coffee |
| 8 | His technical command of artistic processes never obscured his sense of humour . |