Example sentences of "never [vb past] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Yet it never entered her head for a moment to think that Prince Charles was remotely interested in romance .
2 In ex-army gear I would n't be seen , as long as I kept still , sitting on my hands , pale face buried in a heather clump , but those long heads that rose between rasping bites of coarse grass had twitching noses that never stopped their search for the enemy — a very efficient sort of olfactory radar .
3 I never paid my bills for the last month
4 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 .
5 Even though she had left Stornoway when she was just 14 , she never lost her love for her birthplace or her sweet West Highland accent .
6 Though viewed by many as a relic of the 1890s , she never lost her enthusiasm for new artistic trends .
7 Nonetheless , as the cassettes of a BBC teach-yourself English course found in her bedroom after the fall indicated , Elena never lost her taste for self-improvement .
8 Yet it was the people who continued to embody what English agents called ‘ enthusiasm ’ , the xenophobic church and king patriotism which never lost its terrors for the men of property .
9 But , on other occasions Laura could laugh at herself just as easily because she was constantly amused by the transience of fame and never took her public for granted .
10 Burton never disguised his respect for what money would bring .
11 He never forgave your King for insulting him . ’
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