Example sentences of "[verb] never see a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And because he has never seen a smile , he has never learned to give one . |
| 2 | They must introduce an unfamiliar subject to an audience which has never seen a watercolour before , and also provide new information of permanent value . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Most likely a first-time father has never seen a person in such pain and it 's also the person he loves most . |
| 5 | Claire has never seen a man in a leopardskin jockstrap before . |
| 6 | She 'd never seen a boy so thin and pale-looking . |
| 7 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 8 | Anyone would think you 'd never seen a chocolate before ! |
| 9 | He also agreed he 'd never seen a skull fracture caused by a blow to the nose . |
| 10 | I 'd never seen a weapon like that before — only military rifles . |
| 11 | Anyone would think he 'd never seen a Kobold before . |
| 12 | And Ive never seen a ball hit from that far out , rise in a straight line ( showing the power behind it ) . |
| 13 | Having never seen a swing bridge before I wondered how the boats were going to get under it but I was soon to find out . |
| 14 | But I 've never seen a child there … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've never seen a scene like it and never want to again , ’ said Mr Yoxall as he surveyed the carnage . |
| 16 | I 've been in Egypt four years and I 've never seen a Pasha 's wife or daughter . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've never seen a sky like that in my life before , ’ Susan said softly , wonder in her voice . |
| 18 | Now I 've never seen a provision like that put forward for legislation before . |
| 19 | And I 've never seen a case in which there was a fist fight in front of the cinema and they pulled the movie because of it . |
| 20 | You know his mouth all went crinkly crrkkkk I 've never seen a jaw |
| 21 | ‘ I 've never seen a lugworm like it ’ |
| 22 | I 've er , thank you , I 've never seen a fox hunt erm I 've er I think once er , once I got along to Cutts Close where the Boxing Day meet occurs and I can well accept that this Boxing Day meet draws a larger crowd of people from Oakham than any other activity through the year . |
| 23 | Er , I I do apologise but erm I 've never known a fox yet drop a cattle , a stock , er something that big , when , when you said farmers and their cattle , their d mostly dairy farmers and all the rest of it I 've never seen a fox do that . |
| 24 | So this is the same idea and if there 's a star Something that I did see a wee while ago , I saw a f a light very close down to the horizon and I said I 've never seen a star so bright way down there . |
| 25 | Was it you probably wo n't believe this but I 've never seen a programme of Spitting Image . |
| 26 | well I 've never seen a coffee set |
| 27 | We played our practice round with Jack Nicklaus and after it Jack shook his head and said , ‘ I 've never seen a guy play so good . |
| 28 | William Wellman , who directed Beau Geste in 1939 , said of Brian Donlevy , who played the sadistic sergeant in that film , ‘ I 've never seen a guy that could completely get everybody to dislike him as he could . ’ |
| 29 | So you 've never seen a baby die ? |
| 30 | I 've never seen a milkman round here |