Example sentences of "but never [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundreds of people sent cash but never received a car . |
| 2 | Hundreds of people said they had sent cash but never received a car . |
| 3 | Seiji Ozawa , a Karajan pupil , has reported how , as a teacher , Karajan would identify a point at issue but never proffer a solution , conforming to another fine adage of teaching : ‘ You may take the pupil to the window but on no account should you attempt to describe the view . ’ |
| 4 | Scarcely had I got myself fairly comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of people running I hurriedly tried to think up some famous last words to give my public , but never had a chance to utter them . |
| 5 | He 'd paid countless prostitutes to satisfy his craving , but never had a woman done it of her own will , until Jacqui . |
| 6 | I put her name on the papers but never got a card back , ’ explains the sister of a Down 's syndrome woman of average ability . |
| 7 | Well I did the odd movie bits in America , and er when I was a pop singer had a record in the charts in America but never done a play there . |
| 8 | Oh yes , it 's in Scotland , you see , and whilst there , you see , every day er because a lady laughed at me and she said , she was staying in the same hotel and she said er I , I used to book up in advance of course but never took a chance . |
| 9 | Former Test fast bowlers Sir Richard Hadlee and Michael Holding have been made honorary life members of MCC , as have the club 's former secretary Jack Bailey , Laurance Hancock ( secretary of Staffordshire for 53 years until 1987 ) and Glamorgan stalwart Don Shepherd , who took 2174 wickets for the Welsh county but never won a Test cap . |
| 10 | Coventry hotshot Mick Quinn arrived on a streak of 10 goals from six games but never got a sniff of the target . |
| 11 | , Marguerite Antonia ( 1880–1943 ) , novelist and poet under the name Radclyffe Hall , was born 12 August 1880 at Sunny Lawn , West Cliff , Bournemouth , the younger daughter ( there were no sons ) of Mary Jane Sager ( née Diehl ) , an American widow , and Radclyffe Radclyffe-Hall , who was educated at Eton and Oxford but never pursued a career . |
| 12 | She could be abrupt at times but never held a grudge , and Mr Field was a real gentleman , always kind and polite . |
| 13 | He 's always supported Oxford , but never makes a prediction on the boat race . |