Example sentences of "never [adv] see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 2 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 3 | Apart from my fourpence a week , his brothers likewise never ever saw a penny from him . |
| 4 | se , we never ever see a policeman . |
| 5 | Matilda had never before seen a boy , or anyone else for that matter , held aloft by his ears alone . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've never before seen a rabbit with either a pocket , or a watch to take out of it , ’ she thought . |
| 7 | Lorrimer had eaten practically nothing , had drunk less , pushing his glass almost petulantly aside and fixing his great smouldering eyes on Domenica as if he had never before seen a woman . |
| 8 | She 'd never before seen a carpet so thick that it showed vacuuming lines , like a lawn . |
| 9 | I mean , I was one of those kids who never even saw a mirror until I was about thirteen , and by that time it was too late . |
| 10 | I never even saw a bath till I got to America ! |
| 11 | Many have never even seen a Norfolk long-spade and many others have become too reliant upon the locator . |
| 12 | Most of the children had never even seen a banana before let alone tasted one . |
| 13 | Ricci , that 's bleeding horses — I 've never even seen a horse , dear , except with a policeman underneath or on My Friend Flicka , and I do n't care WHAT they wear at the wretched Olympics . ’ |
| 14 | Better than ‘ The National Front Disco ’ or whatever by Morrissey — he 's obviously never even seen a soccer ball in his life . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've never even seen a creature like that in my life ! ’ |
| 16 | Again , this is a rule that can be broken , but I 've never yet seen a design with more than two needles tucking side by side . |
| 17 | I 've never actually seen a horse until yesterday . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have been around certain bands and been in bands and I 've never actually seen a groupie . |
| 19 | I 've seen the odd snip of it like on telly , but I 've never actually seen a programme . |