Example sentences of "never [vb past] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Needless to say , we never passed a hat shop . |
| 2 | He was a man whose personal life , though occasionally exigent , never became a siren song . |
| 3 | Straw plaiting was a widespread cottage industry in and around the Chiltern Hills , but it has left scarcely a sign on the landscape , for it never became a factory industry . |
| 4 | Give them the drawing number so we sent a transmittal note , course we never got a transmittal note back . |
| 5 | She never got a phone call about that job |
| 6 | I never seen a Christmas tree so big — it 's as high as a house . |
| 7 | Vamplew has worked out that almost half of the players registered with First Division clubs in 1910 never played a League match . |
| 8 | His parents never exchanged a cross word . |
| 9 | When Ojomoh boards that plane on December 31 he steps into a new world , the elite strata of an elite sport — not bad for a lad who never saw a rugby ball until he was 13 , ca n't get a first team game and came close to being escorted to a plane by police . |
| 10 | He never won a Gold Cup or Grand National , but he won everything else . |
| 11 | I never had a singing lesson in my life , it was just a natural thing for me . ’ |
| 12 | I never had a TV set until I bought one with my first lot of royalties and the only way we got the record player was because my dad won about £40 on the pools . |
| 13 | The tragedy is that , although many small settlements never had a railway station , the inter-small-town rail network has been destroyed nationally and the service is now effectively inter-city , so that ‘ the rural branch line is a thing of the past … ’ |
| 14 | I 'm saying years ago my old dad , he , he were eighty nine and he never had a blood test in his life . |
| 15 | I have seen many cartoons of American grandmothers in rocking chairs on their front porches and am always reminded of Mrs. Burden , although she never had a clay pipe in her mouth . |
| 16 | Yes , never had a motor car then , nobody had a motor car then only the Harbourmaster and he had a little old Austin Ruby , the Harbourmaster did , but other duty Harbourmaster he had a motorbike and sidecar . |
| 17 | The launch of the Agatha Christie Society will put an end to one of her biggest mysteries — why she never had a fan club . |
| 18 | Mm , you never had a guide dog ? |
| 19 | David never missed a training session , seminar or meeting , he always managed to fit everything into his busy schedule . |
| 20 | In her later years she never missed a hymn session on television or radio . |