Example sentences of "never [vb pp] a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Congress has never uttered a word of criticism against the Israelis . |
| 2 | I was sad about this because I am a clubbable person by nature , and have never regarded a game of golf as anything but an occasion of pleasurable social exchange ; but an end to Muirfield was the price I had to pay for the championing of Meehan 's cause . |
| 3 | She has never received a lira of State help , despite the fact that her brother , Giuseppe Ciarrapico , chairman of the Roma football team , was a close associate of ex-Prime Minister Andreotti . |
| 4 | One Afro-Caribbean woman described how she felt that she was never given a choice of provision for her son , and objected to being told he should be in a specialist nursery for his own good . |
| 5 | So far James has never given a scrap of trouble and has passed his MoT test with flying colours . |
| 6 | I ca n't help but think , chairman , in my career I was never given a bottle of whisky to help with the |
| 7 | The other thing I would say is this that the management , whilst they very rarely agree with what Eric has got to say I 've never met a member of management at any level , at any level that does n't respect what he 's got to say and that 's a tremendous , er psychological blow before they even get round the table , because he 's completely disarming and his record in terms as vic er for , of victories , for individual members and groups of mem er , members , er , is legendary and I think apart from his ability it 's the respect in which he 's held by , by everybody , by everybody . |
| 8 | Who can honestly say they have never done a bit of work off-the-books or used the services of somebody who was doing so ? |
| 9 | He 's never done a stroke of work since . ’ |
| 10 | They uniformly show young , narrow-shouldered , and in so far as one can see through the draperies , narrow-hipped , flat-chested women with long pale hands which have clearly never done a stroke of work . |
| 11 | Dr Neil could have given her several answers , beginning with the beautiful hands lying in her lap which had visibly never done a stroke of work in their owner 's life , but said instead , ‘ A strange place for a young lady like yourself to look for it . ’ |
| 12 | It 's the same as that place in Australia where they have n't seen rain for seventeen years , I mean there 's children who are grown up now at college have never seen a spot of rain , I 'd hate that I 'd rather have our , sometimes dismal climate . |
| 13 | And then And never made a mistake of course , he tried to teach me but it was just a waste of time . |
| 14 | I 've never had a contract of employment in the six years that I 've been there but erm less than forty eight hours after all this happened every employee was issued with a contract of employment . |
| 15 | Well , I 've never had a lot of truck with the power of the word so I 'm not into oral sects . |
| 16 | that 's true but and they like their cup of tea they 've never had a cup of tea |
| 17 | This word was said in such a way , and accompanied by a look , that told the woman behind the counter that she did n't know her business , because they 'd never had a pennorth of tiger nuts . |
| 18 | I have never known a Member of Parliament so unwilling to accept the work that has been done by the Ministry on behalf of his constituents . |
| 19 | The German government has never spent a lot of money on culture , and after reunification it cut the social , not the cultural , budget which is absurdly low anyhow . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you telling me you 've never shared a glass of champagne before ? ’ |
| 21 | Mrs Thatcher has never declared a state of emergency . |