Example sentences of "[vb -s] never see a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And because he has never seen a smile , he has never learned to give one . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But she has never seen a real hummingbird . |
| 4 | They must introduce an unfamiliar subject to an audience which has never seen a watercolour before , and also provide new information of permanent value . |
| 5 | — 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 . |
| 6 | Most likely a first-time father has never seen a person in such pain and it 's also the person he loves most . |
| 7 | Claire has never seen a man in a leopardskin jockstrap before . |