Example sentences of "[be] never [verb] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conversation usually turned to matters that were never mentioned in Anne 's home . |
| 2 | The six smaller cars survived the War , but were never used in passenger service again — at least , not in their original form . |
| 3 | The format worked well because the interviewees were never told in advance what they were going to be asked . |
| 4 | The oak trees had not yet lost the vivid yellow-green of their late springtime , a colour so bright , so fresh and so unparalleled elsewhere in nature or in art that no one has ever been able to emulate it and it is never seen in paint or cloth or women 's dresses . |
| 5 | This is the case with the verb watch , which is never found in constructions with to : ( 45 ) * I watched them to be obnoxious . |
| 6 | Their voices are never raised in greeting — the whole week I ca n't remember a shout bar the occasional ‘ hola ’ . |
| 7 | Exposure to direct sunlight is generally to be avoided since products are seldom exposed to it , and because it can quickly produce effects that are never seen in practice . |
| 8 | Dishonesty and partiality are never mentioned in expert clauses as factors whose presence the parties agree would be sufficient to upset a decision : it is so obvious that it goes without saying , and is therefore an implied term . |
| 9 | He features in Kirby 's Wonderful Museum ( p. 34 , vol. 4 , 1820 edition ) where he is described as having been ‘ tall and very slender ’ and ‘ as he was never seen in company , or speaking with any person , his real name and character remained enveloped in profound mystery , so that he was generally known by no other appellation than the ‘ Walking Rushlight ' ’ ' . |
| 10 | " The precise point which was never treated in detail was the degree of imminence of the admittedly forthcoming dissolution of Turkey " . |
| 11 | Injured Stephen Pears , who took a calculated gamble with a cheekbone injury , was never tested in goal . |
| 12 | The EC is adept at missed deadlines , and end-1992 was never carved in stone . |
| 13 | Bentham 's ‘ Observations ’ were written in February 1823 and presented to the Greek legislature amidst general acclaim , but the work was never published in Greece or Great Britain and the only known copy is the manuscript in the Bentham Collection in University College London . |
| 14 | The book was never published in America , but I was still called to testify at the committee hearing of the US Senate which was looking into the fate of the missing US prisoners of war . |
| 15 | While the Rotachute was never used in action , the potential of rotorborne delivery systems was obvious . |
| 16 | ‘ Our Terry was never wrapped in cotton wool , as you call it , and he was n't soft either . |
| 17 | It was never suggested in Meikle that any one of the prosecutions was brought as a consequences of mala fides by the prosecutor . |
| 18 | It was never marketed in Britain , despite its potential as a slimming aid . |
| 19 | His best water gardens were at Bretby , and here the art of fountain design was never bettered in England . |
| 20 | Moira , one of three sisters , was never found in spite of one of the largest inquiries in the Lanarkshire area . |
| 21 | John was relieved when the executors of Ravel 's estate announced their objection to the use of that concert music for a ballet , so that no further performances could be given and , in consequence , the ballet was never shown in New York . |
| 22 | The female teacher who took part in the film lost her job , and the film itself was never shown in schools . |