Example sentences of "[vb -s] never [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The successive run of seven is unique in cricket history — unequalled even by Yorkshire , which has never exceeded a sequence of four . |
| 2 | So far James has never given a scrap of trouble and has passed his MoT test with flying colours . |
| 3 | Certainly he has never given a hint that he knows anything . |
| 4 | And because he has never seen a smile , he has never learned to give one . |
| 5 | They must introduce an unfamiliar subject to an audience which has never seen a watercolour before , and also provide new information of permanent value . |
| 6 | The advantage for the butterfly is that if a bird seizes it by the wings , and is reminded of some earlier unpleasant experience with the species and its toxin , it will release the insect unharmed : a bluejay that has never seen a monarch butterfly will readily catch and eat it ; but within 15–30 minutes the toxins in the butterfly 's body cause the bird to vomit , and one such encounter is sufficient to make a bluejay avoid monarchs thereafter . |
| 7 | Most likely a first-time father has never seen a person in such pain and it 's also the person he loves most . |
| 8 | Claire has never seen a man in a leopardskin jockstrap before . |
| 9 | ‘ You are n't afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since you were born ? ’ asked Miss Havisham . |
| 10 | He 's conscious that safety-critical items such as tyres and brakes must n't be skimped on , but he 's not overly concerned about sticking to the recommended 6000-mile service schedule ; so far the Sierra has on average been serviced every 13,500 miles and has never seen the inside of a Ford dealer 's workshop . |
| 11 | There 's so much good stuff that has never seen the light of day . |
| 12 | Miss Debrace has never seen the place . |
| 13 | has never hidden the fact that he is a rich man — his collection of aircraft is of a calibre that requires a hanger-full of money as well as vision and skill . |
| 14 | But the LUF committee splinter group says it has information which suggests the health authority has never supported the unit . |
| 15 | Will the Lord President confirm that my hon. Friend the Member for Copeland ( Dr. Cunningham ) has never supported the introduction of a guillotine on the proceedings of a Bill without any agreement with the Opposition ? |
| 16 | Who among us , hand on heart , is prepared to say that he has never propelled a club through the air after fluffing a pitch in the weekend medal , or let slip an expression not to be found in the Royal and Ancient 's book of etiquette ? |
| 17 | I think I 'm right in saying the PFA has never lost a battle it has fought . |
| 18 | He has never lost a case at trial . |
| 19 | Having lost two UK and four world finals , White has never lost the belief that his day will come . |
| 20 | It has never lost an artist from its record label , supposedly because it consists of many small and friendly individual companies . |
| 21 | John McEnroe has never made a secret of his desire , one day , to become the United States Davis Cup captain . |
| 22 | And who of us has never made a phone call we did n't want others to overhear ? |
| 23 | But cash from the sale of licensed goods , cosmetics , sunglasses and perfume like C'est La Vie , did not flood in and the company has never made a profit . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , he has never made the grade and after knocking on the door of inter-pub midweek leagues without success , has at last found his niche at Athletico where this season he will team up with YTS trainees Adie Smith and Phil Meek . |
| 25 | The US Congress has never uttered a word of criticism against the Israelis . |
| 26 | ( Ironically , but also significantly , one is from a school which has never received a project grant and the other from a school which received a retrospective Minor grant some time before the deputy head herself took up her post . ) |
| 27 | He says his company paid seventy eight thousand pounds to promoters , and has never received a penny in refunds . |
| 28 | It is a slogan which , for all its rhetorical flourish and historic associations , has never become a part of the law of Britain . |
| 29 | ‘ My child has never heard the sound of laughter , ’ said the woman , ‘ and I do n't want him to die without hearing it . ’ |
| 30 | Mrs Thatcher has never declared a state of emergency . |