Example sentences of "it [vb past] never [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It had been seen nine years before at Kangaroo island and in 1840 came to us in thousands — running about the streets and Gardens and into the houses as if it had never seen man before . |
2 | And at the foot of the iron structure was a high steel fender , suggesting from its dull surface that it had never seen emery paper since the day it left the foundry . |
3 | Or could a third party claim that it had never indicated dissent and only now wished to exercise the right ? |
4 | Perhaps it would have been better for the apple if it had never had ideas above its station , if it had never started carrying around so much symbolic baggage . |
5 | However , a PFLP-GC statement broadcast by Al-Quds on Feb. 7 pointed out that it had never claimed responsibility for the attack . |
6 | It was possible to believe that the sale and all the unpleasantness which had followed it had never taken place . |