Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [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 ‘ Our Terry was never wrapped in cotton wool , as you call it , and he was n't soft either .
6 The six smaller cars survived the War , but were never used in passenger service again — at least , not in their original form .
7 Oldfield was never conferred with boffin status , unlike his contemporary , Mr Ambient himself , Brian Eno .
8 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 .
9 But North West Thames health authority , which produced it , said : ‘ The cost was surplus from our budget and was never meant for patient care . ’
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