Example sentences of "never [verb] [prep] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I did not add this information , I felt I should be told that he had never heard of M. Guérigny . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd never heard of Guillain-Barré Syndrome before . |
| 3 | I had never heard of otter hunting and it did n't occur to me that there might be such a sport . |
| 4 | ‘ So meeting a Bristol City side that have conceded 24 goals away from home this season and have never won at Twerton Park holds no terrors for me or my Rovers lads , who are emerging as one of the best teams in the division . ’ |
| 5 | And er if you were interested in football you 'd never know till Tuesday morning what had happened on that Saturday , the previous Saturday . |
| 6 | And , they claim , they would never refer to Buckingham Palace as ‘ the House ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Our Terry was never wrapped in cotton wool , as you call it , and he was n't soft either . |
| 8 | Papa said that it was a good servant , but a bad master , and he never joined in temperance rant . |
| 9 | The six smaller cars survived the War , but were never used in passenger service again — at least , not in their original form . |
| 10 | I told you , you never get into drama school |
| 11 | Er er Madam Speaker er non-wage costs never get into employees wage packets but do make it more expensive for employers to provide a job . |
| 12 | Their wares were still admired , but they could never compete on bulk production or price . |
| 13 | Two campaigners , an Englishman and a Frenchman , brushed away tears as they recalled 453 airmen who never returned from World War 2 sorties . |
| 14 | The grim 132-page report names British nationals arrested but never prosecuted for child sex crimes in the Phillippines . |
| 15 | Oldfield was never conferred with boffin status , unlike his contemporary , Mr Ambient himself , Brian Eno . |
| 16 | Lewis and Beryl , of course , had never gone near Wyvis Hall , they would not have laid themselves open to such humiliation , to the possibility of their way being barred by some yokel , paid by Adam to keep an eye on the place . |
| 17 | The Arts : Where the limelight never fades At Brinsworth House , old variety stars spend their retirement swapping stories and writing their memoirs . |
| 18 | He never listened to radio news in the mornings , and in the evenings he usually turned his chair away from the television set , so that he could read . |
| 19 | The Pet Shop Boys could never rely upon sex appeal . |
| 20 | In the lakes near Mexico City , at a height of 6000 to 7000 feet above sea level , it never ventures into adult form . |
| 21 | Francis Bacon never went to art college , she pointed out . |
| 22 | ‘ I never went to drama school , ’ he would say without a hint of regret , ‘ but learnt my craft the hard way . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I never went near Boundary Drive , ’ repeated Marcus , a little recovered now . |
| 24 | But North West Thames health authority , which produced it , said : ‘ The cost was surplus from our budget and was never meant for patient care . ’ |
| 25 | Thirdly , volunteers never live till pay day . |
| 26 | Never come at holiday weekend . |