Example sentences of "never [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Left never formed a unified whole . |
| 2 | For example , I have never received a personal letter following my stay to thank me for my custom . |
| 3 | They ( or most of them ) had never received a formal education , so at times they landed in trouble . |
| 4 | Before this year , Ayodhya , a community of 30,000 Hindus and 2,000 Muslims , had never witnessed a religious clash . |
| 5 | You 've never heard a speed-thrash organ pop LP called ‘ Life ’ , never experienced ‘ The Beast Inside ’ 's prog rock excesses and never drifted off to the gorgeous pop of ‘ This Is How It Feels ’ . |
| 6 | Perhaps perversely I have nothing but admiration for the high-wire acrobatics of Mady Mesplé in ‘ Diapiacer mi balza il cor ’ from Magpie , but then , I 've never heard a complete version of this opera , ‘ authentic ’ or otherwise . |
| 7 | I have never heard a tufted duck quack , or indeed make any kind of noise so I was intrigued to learn that the female bird growls . |
| 8 | But he saw the reaction also of the Africans , who had never heard a white man speak in such terms . |
| 9 | Not the place to leap on if you 've never heard a single GOR song , but the dedicated and the brave newcomer will find much on ‘ Too Much Fun ’ to fall in love with . |
| 10 | ‘ If there are riot police , ’ he says , ‘ then vigilantes will appear , because there will always be somebody to see to it that crime is never given a free rein . ’ |
| 11 | Aah ! ’ anthem , was never considered a key target for Ferguson . |
| 12 | There too she is never considered a significant contributor to the economic needs of the family ( because labour power is not equated with real economic value ) and there too , among the farming castes , her most important economic roles are the production and servicing of labour . |
| 13 | I was never considered a true Baldersdale man . |
| 14 | More than half of women questioned by Gallup said they never wore make-up , and nine out of 10 claimed they 've never owned a padded bra . |
| 15 | Oh you can never mind this country 's never won a major war on its own and never will do |
| 16 | I 'm saying that I 'm an English member , we 've never won a , a major war on its own look what 's , what 's happened in , yeah , never won a major war on its own and never will do , there 's no nation in the world could beat a German army and , er what would built up |
| 17 | Frenchman Cedric Pioline , who has never won a professional title , pulled off the biggest shock by dumping top seed Courier 7–5 6–7 6–4 6–4 to open the day . |
| 18 | Fribble , still eating his cheese , said , ‘ And the legend has never said a legitimate child . ’ |
| 19 | The crunch is money — and I 've never met a rich man or woman yet who did n't have wonderfully imaginative , sophisticated , ways to justify hoarding yet a little more and a little more . |
| 20 | Somebody once said , " I have never met a bad Quaker yet . " |
| 21 | Within my own practice , I have never met a white child who says he or she is not white ; neither have I met a black child growing up in a black family saying that he or she is not black . |
| 22 | The erasure was probably not the result of weathering , because Mercury has probably never possessed a significant atmosphere and certainly not for any length of time . |
| 23 | Charity had never felt a true patriot whichever way she might analyse the term , but it seemed to matter that Britain now lay defenceless in the path of a monstrous hybrid composed of two powerful ideologies . |
| 24 | But of course , ’ his tone flayed like a whip , ‘ you 've never done a dishonest thing in your life . ’ |
| 25 | I wailed to Chris and Nick as a BBC producer bundled me up the stairs ‘ I 've never done a live interview before … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I have never done a romantic film before . |
| 27 | He 'd never done a wrong thing |
| 28 | His hands felt smooth , like those of a woman or someone who 's never done a hard day 's work in their life . |
| 29 | To see that this is the case , annotate each term below to say whether it belongs to the typical register of the birthday card or the register of the legal contract ( even if you have never seen a legal contract you can probably do this ) . |
| 30 | I have never seen a male manager in tears . |