Example sentences of "never [vb base] [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I said that , as brewers never sell beer at a loss , why did not the brewers knock £30 or £40 off the price of a barrel to the tenants of their tied houses in the first place ?
2 And never borrow money from a moneylender ( or specialist finance or credit company , as they are usually called ) who charges interest way above the odds , otherwise you will be paying off the debt over two years rather than fourteen months .
3 Never hang clothes on a dryer in front of a fire or an open heater .
4 They have no respect for non-Jewish culture and would be only too happy if Jews never set foot in a university . ’
5 The poster scheme also provides an excellent opportunity to expose large numbers of the population , who rarely or never set foot within a gallery , to contemporary art .
6 And or course you never use water on an oak floor cos it stains .
7 Never toss fruit at a spinner ;
8 ‘ But blow wise to this , buddy , blow wise to this : Never play cards with a man named Doc .
9 Never disturb nests or baby birds and never take eggs from a nest — even if they seem abandoned .
10 And the moral of it all , I suppose , is : Never take fright at a footnote .
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