Example sentences of "[verb] never [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The successive run of seven is unique in cricket history — unequalled even by Yorkshire , which has never exceeded a sequence of four . |
| 2 | Certainly he has never given a hint that he knows anything . |
| 3 | So far James has never given a scrap of trouble and has passed his MoT test with flying colours . |
| 4 | And because he has never seen a smile , he has never learned to give one . |
| 5 | The advantage for the butterfly is that if a bird seizes it by the wings , and is reminded of some earlier unpleasant experience with the species and its toxin , it will release the insect unharmed : a bluejay that has never seen a monarch butterfly will readily catch and eat it ; but within 15–30 minutes the toxins in the butterfly 's body cause the bird to vomit , and one such encounter is sufficient to make a bluejay avoid monarchs thereafter . |
| 6 | But she has never seen a real hummingbird . |
| 7 | They must introduce an unfamiliar subject to an audience which has never seen a watercolour before , and also provide new information of permanent value . |
| 8 | — Amadou has never seen a beautiful white starwoman like this , and she speaks to him in a soft low voice like the south breeze stirring in the palms , like it does just before the sun sets . |
| 9 | Most likely a first-time father has never seen a person in such pain and it 's also the person he loves most . |
| 10 | Claire has never seen a man in a leopardskin jockstrap before . |
| 11 | Who among us , hand on heart , is prepared to say that he has never propelled a club through the air after fluffing a pitch in the weekend medal , or let slip an expression not to be found in the Royal and Ancient 's book of etiquette ? |
| 12 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 13 | I think I 'm right in saying the PFA has never lost a battle it has fought . |
| 14 | He has never lost a case at trial . |
| 15 | It has never lost an artist from its record label , supposedly because it consists of many small and friendly individual companies . |
| 16 | Punishment alone has never made a bad character into a good one , or even ensured temporary good behaviour . |
| 17 | Like his suitors , he has never made a BBC programme . |
| 18 | But cash from the sale of licensed goods , cosmetics , sunglasses and perfume like C'est La Vie , did not flood in and the company has never made a profit . |
| 19 | And who of us has never made a phone call we did n't want others to overhear ? |
| 20 | John McEnroe has never made a secret of his desire , one day , to become the United States Davis Cup captain . |
| 21 | Since then , Labour has never made a generous offer of co-operation with other Scottish groups or parties which recognised their differing views on home rule or democracy . |
| 22 | The US Congress has never uttered a word of criticism against the Israelis . |
| 23 | He proudly declares that he has never met a Royal . |
| 24 | This writer has never attended a more populated exhibition of Old Masters and has rarely overheard so much intelligent discussion , particularly from ‘ ordinary ’ visitors . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ( Ironically , but also significantly , one is from a school which has never received a project grant and the other from a school which received a retrospective Minor grant some time before the deputy head herself took up her post . ) |
| 27 | He says his company paid seventy eight thousand pounds to promoters , and has never received a penny in refunds . |
| 28 | Mrs Thatcher has never declared a state of emergency . |
| 29 | Each person has never sought an honour or payment for their selfless work , preferring quietly to get on with the job . |
| 30 | There is no champion tennis player who has never served a double fault ; no professional musician who had never played a wrong note ; and no doctor or nurse who has not made an error of diagnosis . |