Example sentences of "never [vb pp] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've never heard the term summer walker ? |
| 2 | When I say that Dolores had never heard the term gig before joining the band I am not taking the piss or ridiculing her . |
| 3 | However , the USA have never ratified the Warsaw Convention so as far as air carrier liability is concerned within the USA the sky is the limit and any party whose negligence can be proved is liable . |
| 4 | ‘ If men never considered the exchange rate in precisely those terms , ’ the man wrote , ‘ then the Caprice and the Ivy would have given up on the supper trade decades ago . ’ |
| 5 | His jockey , Peter Scudamore , has ridden more winners than any rider in history , but has never won the Gold Cup . |
| 6 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best but one of them has never won the Gold Cup … |
| 7 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best jockeys but one of them has never won the Gold Cup which one … |
| 8 | Great Britain have never won the World Cup but after this summer 's titanic struggle for the Ashes and blessed with home advantage , Mal Reilly 's men will never have a better chance to take the trophy . |
| 9 | England , like Scotland , have never won the World Cup . |
| 10 | I 'd never enjoyed the media interest and the goldfish-bowl aspect of driving , and while I was grateful to have fans their continual invasion of my privacy got me down . |
| 11 | Kragan did n't add that he had never trusted the newspaper proprietor who sat on the council . |
| 12 | ( Many Keynesians who had never accepted the Phillips curve regarded its ‘ breakdown ’ as the long overdue come uppance of an uninvited and unwelcome intruder . ) |
| 13 | ‘ Although I did n't have any live playing experience — I 'd never done the youth club/dance band/pub/club thing — I still felt that I was technically quite good , having evolved my style from playing along to records . |
| 14 | He paused in the doorway , because it was rare to see the High Queen without at least a dozen courtiers ; certainly he had never seen the Sun Chamber like this , bathed in the glow from the dying day , alive with the strong , pure magic of the Purple Hour , the huge crystal windows that looked out over all Ireland ablaze with light . |
| 15 | ‘ Have you never seen the video replay of the accident ? ’ |
| 16 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
| 17 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
| 18 | Phyllis had never seen the check-out girl before . |
| 19 | When questioned , Mr Bence said he had never seen the trophy cabinet in his life , and was at a loss to explain how it came to be in the director 's Portakabin . |
| 20 | She had never seen the time machine looking so ordinary . |
| 21 | Wilson had tried this first , with ‘ In Place of Strife ’ , but fortunately for Labour these proposals had never reached the statute book since union opposition was internalised within the party . |
| 22 | Scott would bet that he had never worn the snakeskin overcoat Annabel had given him the Christmas before . |
| 23 | I have never known the Scherzo sound so like a dashing tarantella , and the headlong pace for the finale inspired exuberant playing from the LPO players , with the horns braying magnificently . |
| 24 | She 'd never known the Lobster Pot to have so much atmosphere . |
| 25 | But in a brand new fitted dress into which I 'd climbed only two hours earlier , and in which I 'd never attempted the sitting position let alone … well to cut a long and visually absurd story short , I was about as likely to have a pee in that dress as I was to share a bagel with Adnan Kashoggi . |
| 26 | This was compounded by her belief that her normal examination ( aged 34 ) meant that neither she nor her children were at risk , and she had never discussed the family history with them . |