Example sentences of "[vb past] never [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have married her , if I 'd never seen your beautiful face ! |
| 2 | ‘ So he 'd never done anything special to you ? ’ |
| 3 | She 'd never wanted anything more in her life — but it was more than just a physical need , much much more . |
| 4 | He 'd never allowed his personal feelings to interfere with his work before , but her cute , pocket Venus body ; the worried look of fearful apprehension on her pretty face ; and her utter stoicism had somehow got under his skin . |
| 5 | She 'd never thought her self-imposed assignment would be totally uncomplicated , but this encounter was fast becoming a nightmare ! |
| 6 | He 'd never told anyone that before . |
| 7 | Friends , colleagues in the movement who 'd never left their bitter cells , or spent their lives in labour camps till they died of exhaustion . |
| 8 | Arthur said he 'd never had their second message , and the fuss all died down , but he 's always come when we 've sent for him . ’ |
| 9 | He could remember how , after moving out here and having been a city-dweller all of his life , he 'd come to realise that he 'd never known what true darkness was ; even away from houses and street lighting there had always been a faint , reflected amber cast to the sky , but here there was nothing . |
| 10 | ‘ We had never realised what hard work is actually involved in producing a programme of this kind and , with the added pressure of only five and a half hours in the city , we had our work cut out . |
| 11 | It is more than likely that Cis had never seen her young brother/son act in any formal sense at this time . |
| 12 | She had never seen him angry before . |
| 13 | The children had never seen him embarrassed before . |
| 14 | On reflection , living in the city , he had never seen one alive . |
| 15 | I had never seen it other than murky before along that particular section so I decided to walk the far bank and see what I could in the swims where I had been very successful . |
| 16 | Spellbound , I drove upwards into the bright splendour , staring through the windscreen as though I had never seen it all before ; the bronze of the dead bracken spilling down the grassy Banks of the hills , the dark smudges of trees , the grey farmhouses and the endless pattern of wails creeping to the heather above . |
| 17 | And Mrs Friar had never seen herself naked since she was three years old , and even then it was an accident . |
| 18 | The truth was though , that until now he had never possessed anything much , so how could he know ? |
| 19 | I had never met her American , but of course with my prejudices I had to be on Henry 's side , and I was therefore not much help to her . |
| 20 | He recognized that , although she had worn the veil for several years , she had never made her monastic profession . |
| 21 | David was warming himself by a fire in the centre of the hut ; he was almost nude and had never worn anything other than a coarse blanket which was slightly tied round him to cover his back . |
| 22 | His grandfather had never liked his own son , always felt he lacked principle and sensitivity . |
| 23 | He had never called her that before ; nor had he ever touched her as he touched her now , his good right hand caressing both of hers where they lay atop the bedclothes . |
| 24 | Louis was within his legal rights , for he had never relinquished his reserve powers over regna ; and there was no doubt of his grandparental position as head of the family . |
| 25 | A little voice inside her whispered that Luke had never intended his generous words to be taken literally . |
| 26 | He had never asked himself that question before . |
| 27 | She had never given him any reason to feel suspicious , and she certainly never encouraged any impropriety with the carmen and dockers who came regularly into the dining rooms . |
| 28 | Blanche realised that Robert had never given her any other . |
| 29 | He turned his ravaged face on her , and the ravage was grief , and she had never loved him more , doubt her though he might . |
| 30 | It was not that he had never loved his only child . |