Example sentences of "[adv] never [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The locals have obviously never tried a good pint of 6X ; how can they drink this stuff ?
2 The erasure was probably not the result of weathering , because Mercury has probably never possessed a significant atmosphere and certainly not for any length of time .
3 Andrew Richens was 17 when he stabbed William Choi , who he claimed had boasted of having sex with his girlfriend and had taunted him by saying she had probably never had a real man before .
4 Rome clearly never found a perfect solution for this problem : eventually she had to face the rebellion of the socii and grant them entry into Roman citizenship .
5 I ai n't never seen a false leg before .
6 My occasional presence at Summerchild 's front gate , keeping Millie from her pious labours on the birthday book and obstructing his view of the cracked step , evidently never reached a sufficient level of generality to impinge upon him .
7 She had certainly never visited a sick young man alone .
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