Example sentences of "[Wh pn] never [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His own models of feminity have been extraordinary women — the Queen Mother , who never let a feeling come between her and her duty , and the Queen . |
| 2 | In 77/78 he relinquished the hot seat to former Grundle Ferry Dynamo boss , Roy Alderman , and then the following season to Rabbi Lionel Cohen , who never attended a Saturday match on religious grounds . |
| 3 | The one she had n't seen for twelve years , had been ranting about , who never raised a finger to help and left it all to Nancy ? |
| 4 | When Ojomoh boards that plane on December 31 he steps into a new world , the elite strata of an elite sport — not bad for a lad who never saw a rugby ball until he was 13 , ca n't get a first team game and came close to being escorted to a plane by police . |
| 5 | Pity the poor golfer who never had a Guinness . |
| 6 | ‘ The feeling was indescribable and nowadays when things do n't quite go as planned I often sit back and think of other jockeys who never had a Derby win and who , for the remainder of their careers , will be chasing this elusive rainbow . |
| 7 | The scoreline flattered the Owls , who never had a shot on target and were fortunate to concede only one goal , a stunning 44th minute header by makeshift striker Rob Newman from Mark Robins ' clever cross . |
| 8 | Her father maybe , with the tape around his neck , awful sleeveen Sean Walsh , who never said a word without thinking carefully of the possible effect it might have . |
| 9 | To the many BMJ readers who never submit a paper this may seem to be limited accountability , but the time that editors take to make decisions on publication is critical to authors . |
| 10 | You 're the one who never made a mistake ! ’ |
| 11 | On odd nights that would worry me but in time I realised they were the kind of neighbours who never caused a disturbance . |
| 12 | Southall , who never puts a foot wrong , reared up in front of a tractor . |
| 13 | We were thus free to take the Cup to lunch , where , feeling better , the former rugby hooker , Jeffrey Bernard , pronounced himself happy that ‘ if England ca n't have the Cup , then at least it 's good that the Australians have it … anybody but the wretched French and the bloody Welsh , who never bought a drink for anybody in their life ’ . |
| 14 | The immediacy of the job is obviously an attraction to Simmons , born in Merton , south London , and a pupil at Dulwich college who never visualised a career with the AA . |
| 15 | Addy was one of those rare people who never makes a sacrifice She did n't believe in them . |
| 16 | The man who never makes a mistake works for somebody who does . |
| 17 | Kids who never have a chance , from the day they are born . |
| 18 | In other words not sitting there and asking people to , erm people in authority , erm sort of people of influence , ask them what they think , but actually going out and visiting people and groups , and I was going to ask whether this would be copied to the women 's sub-committee , because there are many , many groups of women who never have a chance of saying what they really want , and I do n't mean patients , I mean potential users of the health service . |
| 19 | No matter he might stop being a soldier if something changes in that family to bring him back ( though I ca n't see that happening , the Talvi are the kind who never have a change of heart ) . |
| 20 | Reference has also been made to the early history of the Slovenes , who never controlled a state of their own , apart from the brief episode of Samo , the ruler of a seventh-century Slavonic empire which includes part of modern Slovenia . |
| 21 | Me , who never read a clock or went to work in my life . |
| 22 | There 'd have been no need for Ephraim Cook then to manage the business when he was gone ; an upright , Nonconformist — Mr Cook — the kind who never allowed a drop of alcohol , or a smile , to pass his lips and whose well-trained conscience would never allow him to cheat Gemma nor to waste a penny of her money , no matter how hard Tristan tried . |
| 23 | But each individual foster-parent is descended from a long line of ancestors many of whom never encountered a cuckoo in their lives . |