Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not normally expect this from a Severum — but then I have never heard of a Severum eating Halfbeaks . |
| 2 | To which one lady said , ‘ That would be a complete lie , have you never heard of a Spirit Entity ? ’ |
| 3 | He says he 's never heard of a church charging . |
| 4 | I have never flown in a tail dragger before but I would like to in the near future . |
| 5 | Although an adjoining area of ground had been purchased for this purpose , it was never developed as a burial ground and its virgin state allowed the Ekarro Housing Co-operative to complement the conversion of All Saints and St Barnabas with a new building , in the style of the surrounding villas , accommodating further flats for co-operative members ( Plate 26 ) . |
| 6 | Unlike Sting , Dylan and Bowie , Waits has never looked like a rock star overreaching himself . |
| 7 | Gloucester have never won at the Recreation Ground … the league champions look invincible … but that 's when the Kingsholm men are at their best … when nobody gives them a hope … |
| 8 | Many bookcases and sets of shelves displayed in furniture shops were never designed by a book man or anyone well acquainted with books , especially where sizes are concerned . |
| 9 | He 'd never hankered after the travelling life . |
| 10 | No attempt had been made to secure the tape and its existence was never revealed to the Crown Prosecution Service . |
| 11 | In any case , you 're almost never bailed for a rape charge . |
| 12 | As foil conducts electricity , it 's important that this paper is never hung behind a light switch or power socket , or anywhere where it could come in contact with electricity . |
| 13 | The autumn statement contains something that I have never seen in an autumn statement before — a chart designed to show not figures showing what might happen in the economy but estimates of consumer confidence based on Gallup poll evidence . |
| 14 | CDP participation in the 1970s discussions of this relationship , and notably of moves towards ‘ partnership in validation ’ , will feature in the next chapter , but it is important to note that the CDP , with an established office and secretariat , and the authority of the first in the field , was never matched by the Standing Conference of Principals and Directors of Colleges and Institutes in Higher Education . |
| 15 | One folly was so outlandish it never got past the planning stage — others are still fooling people to this day … |
| 16 | Viable counts of sulphate reducing bacteria were never found above the detection limit of 10 2 /g faeces in non-responders ( Table III ) . |
| 17 | ME ( coldly ) : I have never served in a flower shop if that is your suggestion — My father owns a chain … . |
| 18 | Denis could hardly hide his smiles , knowing that Uncle Mick had never stepped on a baseball pitch in his life . |
| 19 | In fact people who have never even heard of contraception and have never stepped inside a family planning clinic still plan their families . |
| 20 | The Centre asked for two studies ; one on terms of survival , and one looking at the quality of life ( though the latter has never gone beyond the pilot stage ) . |
| 21 | We did n't know that we were asking for impossible things , because we had never worked in the record business before — and we 'd get them . |
| 22 | You would have thought that what happened at Tottenham had never happened on a football pitch before . |
| 23 | So far as is known it had never been loaned for exhibition , it had never passed through an auction room and those few who had been fortunate enough to see it had done so at the private house in Oxford where it had been in the possession of the same family for many years . |
| 24 | Eldorado was never tested with a pilot programme , remarkably , considering the scale of investment involved in developing the 25-acre set . |
| 25 | Even now , he had never returned to the shopping mall . |