Example sentences of "he never [vb past] his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Maybe his life in Attleborough afforded him insulation from the rigours of inner city life , but he never understood his colour to be an obstacle . |
| 4 | Old Mahu was on duty , and he never left his shelter by the main gate , once he was sure that everyone was asleep . |
| 5 | Now , but he forgot to tell the police so unfortunately for p poor old Bill he never got his name in history . |
| 6 | He was a great doctor , a super man but he never stamped his authority on the board , ’ said one former colleague . |
| 7 | But they are being rather generous ; whatever Beccaria may have privately thought or hinted at , he never developed his position on these matters . |
| 8 | He had become a naturalized Englishman , but he never carried his anglophilia to the point of being puritan , or even respectable . |
| 9 | Corbett told polic that he never lost his temper with the child and never smacked her . |
| 10 | 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 . |