Example sentences of "never [vb past] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They never expected to see any freedom in their lifetime . |
| 2 | But he never tried to take any food from the other children . |
| 3 | The only wooden stairs that never seemed to make any noise were those inch-thick slabs in modern public buildings ; house stairs always took pleasure in announcing to everybody what you were doing . |
| 4 | He was a legit , braceleted , but he never seemed to have any money , and somehow he seemed to avoid the gangs , legit and illegit , that roamed the upper Levels . |
| 5 | ‘ One of the reasons you went to the cinema when I was a teenager was to pick up girls , but I never seemed to have any luck . |
| 6 | Sammy slept under the navigator 's table and never seemed to have any reaction to the gyration of the aircraft or the attention of the natives with their flak and fighters outside . |
| 7 | I never did have any ambitions really — I never did want to do anything . |
| 8 | ‘ On my soul , ’ sighed Thomas , injured but patient , ‘ 1 never did see any fellow could find all the devil 's arguments like you . |
| 9 | But he never did ask any man for directions ; he walked and he walked . |
| 10 | Amoco spent tens of millions of dollars on the project but they never did find any oil in Madagascar . |
| 11 | Stock was here too , but she had no illusions , never had had any illusions , about the permanency of their relationship . |
| 12 | ‘ I never attempted to put any pressure on him one way or the other . |