Example sentences of "[be] never [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One woman activist summed up the mood : ‘ We get crumbs from the table but we 're never allowed a seat . ’ |
| 2 | The lesson of all this must be never to lose a ferret in the first place . |
| 3 | Benjamin reports that his classmates openly say things which were never said a year ago . |
| 4 | Well , some of us in football still have principles and one of mine is never to refuse a drink . |
| 5 | ( film of ambulance ; male voice over ) ‘ … it 's nice transport — even sleeps two … but it 's never saved a life on its own ! |
| 6 | And Mr Bean 's never said a word to me , so it 's a bit of a mystery . ’ |
| 7 | She 's never said a word . ’ |
| 8 | I ca n't remember , his life , he 's trying to find what an iron looks like , he 's never ironed a hanky in his life . |
| 9 | It ai n't suppose to be an engagement ring , it 's never called an engagement ring is it ? |
| 10 | Jim Magilton who 's never missed a penalty for United was on target again and there was more to come … that man Allen on the left won the ball … fought his way through and Alex Dyer claimed his first goal for the club |
| 11 | He 's never made a film before and is pleased with what he 's achieved . |
| 12 | Nick says she had a bigger same d , same dinner as what he did , he said he 's never seen a kid eat like it . |
| 13 | You gave a very fair impression of a man who 's never seen a woman undressed before … ’ |
| 14 | He 's never seen a lamb this big before . |
| 15 | He looks like he 's never seen an iron . ’ |
| 16 | He 's never done a stroke of work since . ’ |
| 17 | I mean , she 's never done a hand 's turn for her father or her grandfather — ’ – |
| 18 | Why he 's never done an interview |
| 19 | She claims she 's never spent a penny on advertising ever since . |
| 20 | And , he 's , she s keeps on at him all the time , he 's never taken a photograph of the place laid out for a big dinner . |
| 21 | But she 's never used a phrase like that before . |
| 22 | One Afro-Caribbean woman described how she felt that she was never given a choice of provision for her son , and objected to being told he should be in a specialist nursery for his own good . |
| 23 | I was never given a choice because he clearly did n't want me . |
| 24 | I ca n't help but think , chairman , in my career I was never given a bottle of whisky to help with the |
| 25 | He shrewdly observed that the most important thing for a teacher was never to use a book that failed . |
| 26 | It was never to make a living , because there was no living to be made . |
| 27 | He was never to become a party member , and was not conversant with Marxist ideas in 1922 . |
| 28 | It was never to become a place of palaces and princes . |
| 29 | He was examined several times by Dr Crockett in his surgery , but was never told a kidney would be removed . |
| 30 | He was examined several times by Dr Crockett in his surgery , but was never told a kidney would be removed . |