Example sentences of "never [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For bed a roadside ditch in the summer , a barn or hay-loft in the winter was all he sought , while for food and drink a farmer 's wife never begrudged him the plate of bread and potatoes washed down by a mug of tay . |
| 2 | His Questions au soleil levant received the Grand Prix de Poesie de l'Academie Francaise , but although it awarded him medals , the Academy never granted him the membership that was his life 's ambition . |
| 3 | Agatha phoned the next day and said : ‘ You never told me the Queen had been . ’ |
| 4 | He also hit out about his departure from Upton Park saying : ‘ West Ham never showed me the door . |
| 5 | He never gave her the chance . |
| 6 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 7 | ‘ She would n't have shopped me ; and she never gave me the tape . |
| 8 | She had to make sure that she avoided him in the future and never gave him the chance to pull any more stunts like that ! |