Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [pos pn] [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 | We 've never curtailed our lending policy for the right transaction . |
| 3 | She had never seen her mother cry . |
| 4 | He shook his head , not understanding , knowing only that he had never seen his father sleeping . |
| 5 | I have never seen my friend look more surprised . |
| 6 | In the past it has been said AMV 's TV has never matched its press work ; that it has been insular and unadventurous from a strategic corporate point of view ; and that it has relied too heavily on its self-referential ability to sell middle-class brands . |
| 7 | On 8 December , for example , the Sunday Times reported that union subscriptions had been deducted from the pay of some 10,000 construction workers in London , but that these subscriptions had never reached their trade union . |
| 8 | He had never brought my parents joy or pride , as Carl , or for that matter ( to varying degree ) my other brothers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |