Example sentences of "never in [pos pn] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Never in her life had she felt so sure of anyone , as she did then of this enchanted warrior woman .
2 Never in her life had she felt less like eating than she did at this moment .
3 Never in her life had the penguin heard so many words .
4 But he does n't , and my mother wo n't tell him to go , because she 's never in her life told anyone to go , it is n't in her , but he 's grinding her into the ground , she ca n't work , she ca n't concentrate , he keeps talking to her all the time , and the baby cries , and it upsets her , for all that she keeps saying it does n't , and that it takes her back to the happiest years of her life , when we were all in plastic pants , I suppose she means , except I think we all had to wear wet woolly leggings , she had this thing about plastic pants being unhealthy . "
5 He went into her giant bathroom to take his mind off things and stood there awhile between her mirrors , thinking not particularly of how he looked himself but mostly of the inflections that she had caught from Fred , and also of how it must feel to be this negligently perfect child , who had obviously never in her life spent herself combating a flaw .
6 Charlotte had never in her life felt obliged to examine her relationships with anyone .
7 She had never in her life undressed in front of a man — not even a doctor .
8 I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’
9 never in my life had I done anything like this before .
10 ‘ I never in my life heard a train say licketty split or tickety boo , ’ protested Lydia .
11 I have never in my life looked forward to starting a diet , but by the end of my holiday I could n't wait to get back on it to maintain my slimmer figure ( with every other diet I have put weight back on and more ! ) .
12 IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election .
13 Indeed , the speaker would go further ; never in his experience had Britain been so ably represented in the councils of the Common Market .
14 He 'd never in his life felt colder .
15 He had never in his life paired off to do this .
16 Gabriel had never in his life contemplated stealing so much as a flea from a dog .
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