Example sentences of "[was/were] never [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ritual and the rules were never simply an end in themselves . |
| 2 | But the Gang Of Four were never just a pop group . |
| 3 | But the Gang Of Four were never just a pop group . |
| 4 | We were never really a unit out there , ’ said Leicester manager Brian Little . |
| 5 | THEY were never really the sort of couple you would put together in a book . |
| 6 | There was never even a possibility that Barney Clark would ever be more than a wretched cripple . |
| 7 | This play of factors meant that a major retinue was never just the sum of its territorial parts . |
| 8 | This play of factors meant that a major retinue was never just the sum of its territorial parts . |
| 9 | But in spite of this personal dimension , the connection was never exclusively the queen 's , nor even the Woodvilles ' . |
| 10 | But in spite of this personal dimension , the connection was never exclusively the queen 's , nor even the Woodvilles ' . |
| 11 | Linda Evangelista was brilliantly marketed but there was never quite the attention until she had been established for quite a long time . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We walked and walked … and I kept dropping hints , but there was never once a response from the Queen . |
| 13 | There were lots of dealers there and lots of dope going around and David , to some extent anyway , seemed slightly an outsider , being very quiet and just arranging the gigs , but he was never really a part of what was going on . |
| 14 | The truth of the matter — that I was never really a punk — can be gleaned from the fact I wrote to her later , and apologized . |
| 15 | But he was never actually the instigator . |