Example sentences of "[verb] never in [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’ |
2 | He 'd never in his life felt colder . |
3 | ‘ Christ ! ’ she said , and the next moment , forgetful of her own safety , she had Maggie in her arms , shushing and soothing as she had never in her life done before . |
4 | Her Aunt Elizabeth lived in a small house in the depths of the country near Hereford , and as she her self had never in her life been outside of Birmingham , the journey was like visiting a foreign country . |
5 | She had never in her life undressed in front of a man — not even a doctor . |
6 | And she meant it , for she liked her college room , she was even mildly proud of it , and the thought of entertaining Clelia in it did not alarm her , though she had a deep aversion to the notion of entertainment , and had never in her whole three years at University embarked on the ritual tea parties or more ambitious sherry parties that mark the social life of such establishments . |
7 | Clara was staggered and bewitched ; she had never in her life seen anything like it . |
8 | Charlotte had never in her life felt obliged to examine her relationships with anyone . |
9 | He had never in his life paired off to do this . |
10 | He said that he had examined the plans with Sir Joseph Paxton , the other member for Coventry , and ‘ had never in his life seen a building which appeared so confused in its internal arrangements ’ . |
11 | Creggan had never in his short life felt so desolate , and try as he did he could not rest and fall asleep . |
12 | Gabriel had never in his life contemplated stealing so much as a flea from a dog . |
13 | IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election . |
14 | I have never in my life looked forward to starting a diet , but by the end of my holiday I could n't wait to get back on it to maintain my slimmer figure ( with every other diet I have put weight back on and more ! ) . |
15 | I have never in my entire life seen so much crap ( wheeeeeeee ! ) . |
16 | ‘ But then , I have never in my life known a single headmaster of whom that might not be said . ’ |
17 | Before dealing with the many points raised by right hon. and hon. Members , I propose to say something about Wales but , before doing that , I should point out that I have never in my life before spoken from one doughnut to another . |
18 | I am an elected representative of the people of Northern Ireland , three thousand three hundred of our people have been murdered , that 's the equivalent of a hundred thousand people in Britain , it is the responsibility of every elected representative to do everything in their power , everything in their power , to stop that , The least responsibility that they have , the least they can do , is enter into dialogue directly with the people involved and I apologize to no-one for that , and if anybody is telling me that I 'm tainted because I do that , you know , I do n't know what sort of minds they 've got , because I think it 's our responsibility to do everything in our power to bring this violence to an end , and what 's more , what I 'm doing has massive support of ordinary people on both sections of our community because I have never in my twenty years experienced the nature of the support and the way that it 's being expressed to me by people in the streets , by telephone , and in particular by |
19 | I have never in my life , in public or in private , in earnest or in jest , either called or even thought myself a fascist . |
20 | ‘ I have never in my entire business life experienced such a ridiculous state of affairs . |