Example sentences of "never [verb] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She ran for her life , never seeing the figure detach itself from the wall , as she did in that far off childhood nightmare .
2 You 've never heard the term summer walker ?
3 When I say that Dolores had never heard the term gig before joining the band I am not taking the piss or ridiculing her .
4 No we never got the fire engine out we just er we just when we got
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 Election Comment : Never forget the damage Labour did Ambrose Evans-Pritchard recalls the chaos of the 1970s that led him to leave the country
7 If you do take a wheelchair out with you , never forget the support cushion for the seat , and make sure the footplates are always in place .
8 ‘ But I never mentioned the word cancer .
9 His jockey , Peter Scudamore , has ridden more winners than any rider in history , but has never won the Gold Cup .
10 Pitman and McCourt four of the best but one of them has never won the Gold Cup
11 Pitman and McCourt four of the best jockeys but one of them has never won the Gold Cup which one …
12 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 .
13 England , like Scotland , have never won the World Cup .
14 Although we never transformed the inquiry process into anything approaching a people 's tribunal , we did turn it into something much more accessible than many people had ever conceived .
15 Kragan did n't add that he had never trusted the newspaper proprietor who sat on the council .
16 The Gulamalis never received the agreement form , the tenants ' deposit or the first month 's rent .
17 ‘ 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 .
18 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 .
19 ‘ Have you never seen the video replay of the accident ? ’
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 Phyllis had never seen the check-out girl before .
23 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 .
24 She had never seen the time machine looking so ordinary .
25 When using the ribber , I never tie the yarn end to a clamp or any other part of the machine , it 's so easy to forget it , so it pulls the knitting up and the comb with it and soon the machine jams .
26 She is wary of platitudes and would never use the magazine phrase ‘ biological clock ’ but , like Captain Hook , she is prone to hearing a fateful ticking .
27 They never begin the sleep period with REM sleep .
28 ‘ Now I can never ring the alarm bell , ’ he thought .
29 The need for the new test is underlined by a report today from the Royal Automobile Club and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents which suggests that drivers never read the Highway Code after passing their driving test .
30 Taking the lead against the coalition was a small but implacable group of diehards ; they were never more than a few dozen in the Commons and , although they attracted shifting support on particular issues , they never threatened the coalition majority .
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