Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] never [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they got some bloody er parent who said my Johnny 's never heard of that word before |
| 2 | A bishopric was not re-created at Ripon ( perhaps because a papal privilege was now recognized as protecting the monastery there ) , but Wilfrid was never restored to York during Aldfrith 's reign . |
| 3 | Unlike Nicolae 's sister , Elena Barbulescu , Elena Ceauşescu was never tempted by her power to stray from fidelity to her husband . |
| 4 | ‘ Frank 's never going to be more than your average brain , ’ said Major Tilney to Toby Freely . |
| 5 | Salter was never consulted about these or other differences . |
| 6 | Suzi was never going to backpack round the world or become a rock star , and if she had been forced to go and live away from home — to study nursing , for instance — she 'd have mouldered away from homesickness . |
| 7 | Probably , for the United Company of Undertakers was never admitted at the Guildhall , and their ‘ house ’ was none other than the business premises of Robert Legg Snr , upholder , appraiser and undertaker . |
| 8 | In later accounts Seth is replaced by Horus or Thoth , although Thoth is never envisaged as part of the family of Osiris . |
| 9 | When he dropped short outside off stump there would be mutterings that Wilfred was never cut in his entire career ; if he failed to bowl Yorkshire to victory on a wearing pitch , grumblings would be heard that Wardle would have had them out by tea . |
| 10 | A trip to Bristol was never going to be easy . |
| 11 | The main fault I can find with the vehicle is the cab noise at speeds over 40 mph , ( it will only do 60mph ) I know the Land Rover was never meant for motorways but we plan on taking it on our holiday , is it normal for gearboxes to sound like they are going to fly out of the window or do I have a fault ? |
| 12 | Naturally , Waafs were never allowed inside the sacred portals of the men 's living quarters . ) |
| 13 | This ambitious programme was completed by 1797 , but with certain qualifications : the maps of Stirlingshire and of Perthshire were never embarked upon , for Ainslie failed to find sufficient subscribers . |
| 14 | Which makes the fact that its production continued at Fender until 1975 even more puzzling ; CBS were never noted for soft-spots in their accountancy approach , even with the best-sellers in the range , let alone the fringe elements like this . |
| 15 | Unlike Persia or Anatolia , where each region or village is associated with a specific method of weaving and repertoire of designs , rug-making in China was never based around exclusive localized styles ; and although antique rugs may be classified as " Paotao " or " Ning-Hsia " , for example , this is usually a definition of their quality and style , rather than a statement of where they were made . |
| 16 | But , his career with the DHSS was never eclipsed by athletics and he consciously made exams and promotion prime targets . |
| 17 | ‘ Billy 's never gon na raise the money ter open a gym . |
| 18 | God is never spoken of as if he needs to be reconciled to us . |
| 19 | Marshal Chang ( who later ran a restaurant in Hong Kong ) insists that Ho was never imprisoned by him . |
| 20 | Miss T. was never accepted into that faith by baptism or otherwise and therefore , as the sect has asserted in a statement to the press , ‘ T. is not and never has been one of Jehovah 's Witnesses . ’ |
| 21 | Pallister was never chosen for a district or county side when he played schoolboy football on Teesside . |
| 22 | A recent pen has asserted that Mrs Moore was never seen with a book in her hands . |
| 23 | ‘ Goldie 's never spoken to him . ’ |
| 24 | Mr Howes said he and Mr Dimmer were never issued with protective clothing or warned how dangerous the chemical was . |
| 25 | In his accounts of Roman men and manners , Polybius is never troubled by difficulties of interpretation . |
| 26 | Eldorado was never tested with a pilot programme , remarkably , considering the scale of investment involved in developing the 25-acre set . |
| 27 | The Sunday Liturgy is never celebrated without music and large parts of it are sung by the celebrant , the deacon and the people . |
| 28 | Verdi is never mistaken for Wagner , nor Puccini for Tchaikovsky , because their melodies have personal distinguishing characteristics which make them instantly identifiable . |
| 29 | ‘ Our Terry was never wrapped in cotton wool , as you call it , and he was n't soft either . |
| 30 | Jordan — My world caved in when he went , basically because he wanted to better himself financially and because he thought Leeds were never going to be a force under Jimmmy Armfield . |