Example sentences of "never in [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clara was staggered and bewitched ; she had never in her life seen anything like it . |
| 2 | ‘ Christ ! ’ she said , and the next moment , forgetful of her own safety , she had Maggie in her arms , shushing and soothing as she had never in her life done before . |
| 3 | Never in her life had she felt so sure of anyone , as she did then of this enchanted warrior woman . |
| 4 | Never in her life had she felt less like eating than she did at this moment . |
| 5 | Never in her life had the penguin heard so many words . |
| 6 | 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 . " |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Charlotte had never in her life felt obliged to examine her relationships with anyone . |
| 9 | She had never in her life undressed in front of a man — not even a doctor . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | never in my life had I done anything like this before . |
| 12 | ‘ I never in my life heard a train say licketty split or tickety boo , ’ protested Lydia . |
| 13 | 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 ! ) . |
| 14 | IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election . |
| 15 | ‘ But then , I have never in my life known a single headmaster of whom that might not be said . ’ |
| 16 | " Never in my life have I questioned an appointment , " she said , weighing every word . |
| 17 | Never in my life have I seen social security payments abound unless they were for a pound of flesh . |
| 18 | Indeed , the speaker would go further ; never in his experience had Britain been so ably represented in the councils of the Common Market . |
| 19 | He 'd never in his life felt colder . |
| 20 | He said that he had examined the plans with Sir Joseph Paxton , the other member for Coventry , and ‘ had never in his life seen a building which appeared so confused in its internal arrangements ’ . |
| 21 | He had never in his life paired off to do this . |
| 22 | Gabriel had never in his life contemplated stealing so much as a flea from a dog . |
| 23 | Although it was never in his time subjected to the trial of a major war , it was given one partial blooding . |
| 24 | ‘ My dear girl , you could never in your life look like an old hag , and you seem to forget that so far I 've never seen you at your best . |