Example sentences of "[vb base] never [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The byplay with Bouilhet was just teasing , the outer edge of vivid male friendship : Gustave never committed a single homosexual act in all his life . |
| 2 | You 've never heard a speed-thrash organ pop LP called ‘ Life ’ , never experienced ‘ The Beast Inside ’ 's prog rock excesses and never drifted off to the gorgeous pop of ‘ This Is How It Feels ’ . |
| 3 | Perhaps perversely I have nothing but admiration for the high-wire acrobatics of Mady Mesplé in ‘ Diapiacer mi balza il cor ’ from Magpie , but then , I 've never heard a complete version of this opera , ‘ authentic ’ or otherwise . |
| 4 | Not the place to leap on if you 've never heard a single GOR song , but the dedicated and the brave newcomer will find much on ‘ Too Much Fun ’ to fall in love with . |
| 5 | I 've also got an early '60s L-series Strat and I 've never played a better Strat than that one , but I do n't use it live in case I lose it . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've never ducked a good fight in my life , it 's personal between us and I would love to fight him . ’ |
| 7 | But of course , ’ his tone flayed like a whip , ‘ you 've never done a dishonest thing in your life . ’ |
| 8 | I wailed to Chris and Nick as a BBC producer bundled me up the stairs ‘ I 've never done a live interview before … ’ |
| 9 | I 've never seen a blacker car in my life ! |
| 10 | I 've seen dust before but and bits of fluff and rag and stuff but I 've never seen a bloody , and a nail damn great screw ! |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never seen a real cow , ’ he said to himself . |
| 12 | Did er , Tom like the I 've never seen a better one th have you ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never seen a quicker boy . |
| 14 | Rumour has it he 's getting wilder and wilder as time goes on — and I 've never seen a wild man before . |
| 15 | The XJ speeds north over the road-bridge , no lights or siren on but we clip along and it 's the smoothest fucking motorway journey I 've ever had ; just a total hassle-free zone creaming along around the ton with no worries about unmarked police cars and hoo-wee the traffic in front of us just fucking evaporates ; man , just brakes ( and wobbles sometimes as the guy probably gets the cold sweats and the wo-where'd-my-stomach-go ? feeling ) , swings meekly left and brakes again ; you 've never seen a beefy BMW 5-series duck in so fast in your life ; might as well all be driving 2CVs . |
| 16 | ‘ You know I 've never seen a dead body before , ’ Laura murmured . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've never said a truer word , Sergeant . |
| 18 | The crunch is money — and I 've never met a rich man or woman yet who did n't have wonderfully imaginative , sophisticated , ways to justify hoarding yet a little more and a little more . |
| 19 | But I 've never lost a live one ’ , he says . |
| 20 | ‘ But you 've never suffered a single nervous moment in your life ! ’ |
| 21 | there was a communicating door in one corner of the room and from behind it came the third movement of the Mozart , which was working itself up to that frantic minor-key Turkish routine which I 've never thought a good enough ending for such a great beginning ; but then that complaint went for just about everything in my life . |
| 22 | More than half of women questioned by Gallup said they never wore make-up , and nine out of 10 claimed they 've never owned a padded bra . |
| 23 | Many people see the penis as a joke ; although I 've never got a great deal of amusement out of mine . |
| 24 | My one reservation concerns their performance on wet rock — however I 've never found a sole that really grips well on it . |
| 25 | I 've never found a satisfactory place for it . |
| 26 | But I 've never had a psychical experience in my life . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I bet you 've never had a real boyfriend in your life , have you ? |
| 28 | I 've never had a better incentive to hurry home . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never had a better client , ’ she said then . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've never had a good experience of a boss with a short upper lip , ’ said Fred . |