Example sentences of "never [verb] his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Conditions were a disgrace in the second half , ’ said McLean who has never hidden his hatred of a strong wind . |
| 2 | A MUCH-PRAISED AMERICAN playwright , John Guare has never received his due in this country — not , I think , because his comedies do n't appeal to the English sense of humour but because it 's difficult for actors here to get across their vision of insane optimism and everyday insanity . |
| 3 | And he never turns his back to me . |
| 4 | They fell much in love , and her father gave her a fine dowry of fat lake-cattle and his blessing for a happy marriage , with the proviso that the groom never raise his hand to the water-fairy . |
| 5 | Now , but he forgot to tell the police so unfortunately for p poor old Bill he never got his name in history . |
| 6 | If he 's never caught his breath at the sight of your crooked smile , or felt his heart lurch with love at the sound of your voice , or watched you walk across a room and wanted you and finally found out that you return his feelings , then he 's a poor man and I 'm the richest man in the world . |
| 7 | He is dead now , but I 've never forgotten his description of how he had felt as the German bombers came in from Norway , picking the scattered merchant ships off , the sound of the bombs , and the cold , always the cold . |
| 8 | For Ashcroft Noble had never forbidden his study to children , and Helen later recalled seeing Edward at the end of a visit still standing by a bookcase and reluctant to leave . |
| 9 | Wayne never found his rhythm on his serve and he did not get into the match until he broke me at 5–3 , but I did good enough to win , ’ said the 24-year-old 1991 Wimbledon champion . |
| 10 | It had been no hardship to sit and talk horses with her by the hour but he certainly had never expected his friendship to be so handsomely rewarded . |
| 11 | Clive never fulfilled his ambition of becoming a real American police officer . |
| 12 | But he 'd stood up well to that first interview , hindered rather than helped by the presence of his solicitor , who had never seen his client before and had made it painfully apparent that he would prefer never to see him again . |
| 13 | No , John insisted , I must come home , and home he went , but never told his father about the experience . |
| 14 | They 'll never balance his foot on them . |
| 15 | Phil Allman , Service Manager at Pest Control London North , never sees his name in print although he contributes regularly to this publication . |
| 16 | Harold Macmillan , for example , never forgot his experience as an MP in the economically depressed north-east of England in the 1930s . |
| 17 | Drew never forgot his rapport with the English , and a penchant for their way of life enticed him once again . |
| 18 | On learning the reason for his predecessor 's dismissal he decided never to put his livelihood at risk by getting friendly with any of the Girls . |
| 19 | But they are being rather generous ; whatever Beccaria may have privately thought or hinted at , he never developed his position on these matters . |
| 20 | Facing this creature , like a matador in front of a bull , is a man who never takes his eye off it for a moment . |
| 21 | However , he never relinquished his passion for anatomy and , urged on by John Hunter , amassed an amazing collection of specimens , the most celebrated of which was the body of Miss Hannah Beswick , later known as the Manchester Mummy . |
| 22 | Stephen never lost his temper with her , but with others … |
| 23 | Corbett told polic that he never lost his temper with the child and never smacked her . |
| 24 | The painter Vlaminck maintained that Modi never lost his quality of distinction : ‘ I knew Modigliani well . |
| 25 | Tolkien in other words never lost his belief in the reality and continuity , not only of language and of history , but of human nature and of some intellectual problems . |
| 26 | Perhaps the classic case of this sort was William Foot Whyte 's study Street Comer Society where he became a quasi-gang member but never lost his status of researcher . |
| 27 | Whether or not Henry would have kept his promise if she had remained so is an open question , but it is clear that once he had also acquired Aquitaine he would never relax his grip on the territories which served as the vital bridge connecting his mother 's lands in the north and his wife 's lands in the south . |
| 28 | She might have known that he would never divulge his relationship with Elise . |
| 29 | I had never experienced his obduracy before or , if I had , had identified it as something else . |
| 30 | He had never recovered his position at court ( perhaps that was not surprising , given the rumours that linked his name with Judith 's in 830 ) . |