Example sentences of "never [verb] [noun] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Grand , magistrates are two a penny , bankers of the sort who never lent Maxwell a farthing can be seen sipping sherry , chairmen of publicly quoted companies compare salaries , and retired officers of field rank renew old NATO friendships . |
| 2 | Then there is the matter of sex and lifestyle , on which subject I recall a curious interview between Stirling Moss and Hunt in which Hunt says something like , ‘ Luckily , I never made no-sex a rule before a race . |
| 3 | ‘ So many people have said to me over the years that it is very sad I never bore Norman a child , that I only ever had stepchildren to love . |
| 4 | The earl of Derby had never offered Mary a crown . |
| 5 | I never gave Martin a kiss . |
| 6 | Letting agencies should never charge tenants a finder 's fee , although according to Galsworthy , many agencies do . |
| 7 | Sandra Wilcox , who has been in the town ( never call Hawes a village because that is a real insult ) all her life , said that sometimes there were remarks . |