Example sentences of "never [verb] [pers pn] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brutus says that Caesar 's feelings have never moved him so much that he had lost his sense of reason . |
| 2 | I 'd never seen him so strange before . ’ |
| 3 | His face was serene ; Harry had never seen him so content . |
| 4 | Jane had never seen him so depressed , his anger frequently spilling over into words to her , as the dwellings went up with hideous and indecent haste , flaunting a flag : ‘ Waterloo Homes ’ right next to his drive . |
| 5 | Franco had never seen him so drunk and , although Maidstone 's intake of alcohol had often been greater on past occasions , this time he just went to pieces . |
| 6 | I 'd never seen him so happy . |
| 7 | One has rarely heard him sing with more authority , and never seen him so communicative , happy and funny . |
| 8 | Mungo had never seen him so cheerful , even though he had failed to buy anything for himself . |
| 9 | She had rarely heard him speak with such vehemence , never seen him so angry . |
| 10 | In all the time she had been with her Paula had never seen her so angry . |
| 11 | I had never seen her so angry . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've never seen 'im so glad to see Liam . ’ |
| 13 | I 've never seen it so flourishing . |
| 14 | she 'd never seen it so busy though |
| 15 | ‘ Charity , I have never seen you so self-pitying . |
| 16 | ‘ I have never seen you so enthusiastic about something ’ , commented Tessa 's husband . |
| 17 | Harold MacMillan , Prime Minister , might still be saying to the electorate that they had never had it so good — which was true in terms of the change-round from post-war reconstruction , wartime destruction , and the days of depression ; but to someone of Leonard 's background , from Canada , the place was a bore . |
| 18 | But if it is bad news for borrowers , investors have never had it so good . |
| 19 | By the end of 1959 , the economy had improved so much that his oft quoted quip ‘ You 've never had it so good ’ had a ring of truth about it . |
| 20 | Indeed , for many of us , we have never had it so good . |
| 21 | When Prime Minister Macmillan uttered the famous slogan ‘ Some of our people have never had it so good ’ , he had even borrowed the phrase from America . |
| 22 | That 's the optimistic outlook of Bordon businessman Philip Voice , who says he 's never had it so good . |
| 23 | DAMON HILL , who has progressed from being a hard-up member of a punk rock band to one of Formula One 's most envied drivers , admitted last night that he had never had it so good . |
| 24 | Yet as the war years set in , the landed classes , together with the newly-rich manufacturers , had never had it so good ; Napoleon has been called , not entirely without justification , ‘ The patron saint not only of farmers , but of landlords ’ . |
| 25 | They did n't quite tell us that we 'd never had it so good , but the impression they gave was that if we trusted Honest John and Uncle Norman to look after the nation 's piggy bank , all would be well . |
| 26 | Premier Sir Harold once told the nation : ‘ You 've never had it so good . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ She 's never had it so good . |
| 28 | There is much better choice of gear for women , in fact we women have never had it so good . |
| 29 | We had never had it so good . |
| 30 | Overseas creditors , we might almost say , have never had it so good . |