Example sentences of "never [verb] his [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Dulé had never heard his mother tongue , he and his new companions could only surmise , from the similar flare of their nostrils , the high broad set of their shoulders on slender frames , and the deep oval plunge of their chins on thin , round necks , that he came from the same part of the hinterland of West Africa , was of the Iqbo people in his origins . |
| 2 | Although he never made his views public , he is believed to have argued in favour of the review group supporting some form of electoral reform . |
| 3 | He shook his head , not understanding , knowing only that he had never seen his father sleeping . |
| 4 | They would never believe his ghost story in the morning . |
| 5 | He did not do himself justice in 1991 , never getting his timing right in his early-season preparations any more than he did on the golf course . |
| 6 | Philippe never lost his childhood orientation and was known to lead his troops into battle in high heels and wearing a perfumed wig . |
| 7 | In the North , people wondered why Morrissey took a flat in a fashionable area of London after he had openly pledged that he would never leave his home city . |
| 8 | It seems there could n't be anyone better qualified to ride motorbikes than Simon Wigg … the only problem is that he 's not qualified … he 's never passed his motorcycle test . |
| 9 | Some forty-five years after my visit to Preston I was talking to a business acquaintance who , although having been based in Southampton for many years , had never lost his Lancashire accent . |