Example sentences of "[noun pl] never [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his eyes never left the four men before him . |
| 2 | He let the words sink , and he wrote sharply , and his eyes never left the boy . |
| 3 | Her hand was in Mansel 's , and their two hands lay in her lap : her beautiful head was bowed , and her eyes never left the eyes of the man she loved . |
| 4 | Ben 's eyes never left the teacher 's face . |
| 5 | But Izzie 's black eyes never left the scarred , distant hillsides . |
| 6 | ‘ Ca n't place her , ’ said Carol , but the piggy eyes never left the joint . |
| 7 | This time he continued on across the grass until he had almost reached the summerhouse , then turned and came walking slowly back , his eyes never leaving the ground . |
| 8 | Fael-Inis was perched on the edge of a chair now , his eyes never leaving the dark-eyed figure of the Lad . |
| 9 | Foreman shook his head , his eyes never leaving the coroner 's . |
| 10 | She gave a brief glance at the screen , dropped her jaw by at least a metre , and walked backwards , first into the back wall , and then slowly and hypnotically down our aisle , past our row — in spite of our waving and hissing cries of ‘ Mummm ! ’ — then backwards again , eyes never leaving the screen , and past us in the other direction . |
| 11 | Jenna whispered the words , her eyes never leaving the image of what she had been long ago . |
| 12 | He felt a sudden sharp impulse to look to his left , but controlled it , his eyes never leaving the Empress . |
| 13 | He passed his hand slowly and deliberately through the fire from the nearest torch , his eyes never leaving the woman . |
| 14 | Guido spoke quietly , his eyes never leaving the other man 's face . |
| 15 | courses are also such that a substantial number of candidates never make the grade . |
| 16 | The need for the new test is underlined by a report today from the Royal Automobile Club and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents which suggests that drivers never read the Highway Code after passing their driving test . |
| 17 | MOST women assaulted by taxi or minicab drivers never report the crime , the women 's Company magazine claims today . |
| 18 | He exhorted his readers never to omit the prayers for the Sovereign in the Communion Service , because ‘ the county in which they lived was the seat of the late rebellion ’ and ‘ the tares of sedition have been industriously sown among you and you have the greater reason to pray that you may be firm in your allegiance . |
| 19 | She wanted to run her fingers through his hair , wanted to nuzzle her nose and chin into his neck , wanted to know the texture of his cheek and jaw , wanted to kiss him so that her lips never forgot the shape of his . |
| 20 | However , even after several years , his paces never regained the natural , easy , long-stepping flow they had had as a paddocked youngster ; and his personality could be kindly described as awkward , and certainly was n't to be trusted . |
| 21 | In the event , few attempts at car restraint were made because it was assumed that the money would be found for reconstruction , but in the crisis-ridden post-1960s British economy , available funds never approached the levels needed for a widespread application of environmental area principles . |
| 22 | In any event , parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children . |
| 23 | No matter how often seen before , memories of earlier visits never match the reality of the superb setting , the stark rocks being relieved by a fringe of trees . |
| 24 | Progressives and reformers never captured the movies ; they merely influenced them in a particular direction , a direction that the producers would appear to be following closely whereas in fact they were really using it for their own ends . |
| 25 | Moreover , the complacent acceptance of socialization as a justification for adult authority denies adolescents the right to mount their own critiques , just as reformers never allowed the possibility of a reasoned and intelligent adolescent point of view . |
| 26 | They hate the car plant in a way that the miners never hated the pit . |
| 27 | In Thailand she was struck with the contrast between the acrobatic and boisterous dances for men , and the women 's gentle , elegant movement in which all the activity is in the hands and arms , the feet never leaving the ground . |
| 28 | Despite his airforce fatigues ( he has a pilot 's licence ) and handlebar moustache ( he is a cult on the military base circuit ) his feet never leave the ground : but close your eyes and you 'd never know it . |
| 29 | With her first fiction , then , Iris Murdoch joined the ranks of theorists who are part sceptical of theory ; and though her writings never lose the marks of a philosophical training , they suggest a training that has been lived and effectively outlived , a sense of theory turned questioning and whimsical . |
| 30 | But factories never dominated the Northamptonshire villages and for most people the making of footwear remained a small-scale craft . |