Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She had never heard Henry talk like this before .
2 Culley had never heard Susan Court speak , but it was clear from what was being said that the voice was hers .
3 The High Elves of Ulthuan have never developed gunpowder technology as have the men of the Old World and Dwarfs — indeed they have never needed to do so as their marksmanship with the bow is superior to that of lesser races .
4 ‘ Though my sisters and I were never given pocket money .
5 Sheldon , though personally friendly , had never considered Taylor sound since the time when he opposed his appointment as a Fellow of All Souls .
6 Despite being Britain 's only world champion at three different weights and a highly respected professional , McKenzie has never approached star status in the eyes of the fight public or television paymasters .
7 And the increasing use of charters in lawcourts naturally created an incentive to forge , as those who had lost or never enjoyed documentary proof of their rights strove to make good the deficiency .
8 I confess to him that I have never done Kipling Groove and he launches into a celebration of Arthur Dolphin 's famous classic .
9 I 'd never seen Mum dance before , but she slipped out of her sandals and danced with Auntie Jean to the Jackson Five .
10 I 've never seen sword practice , ’ she answered .
11 I 've never seen Paper Moon
12 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 .
13 He 'd never seen Janet drinking out of a can before , either .
14 If you 've never seen Time Magazine before , the 1991 edition of the Time Almanac will delight and intrigue you .
15 However , erm you know you came back about the retail aspect of course and most of our traditional sales people have never had telephone experience in that sense .
16 We 've never had we 've never had pineapple juice .
17 Many in their forties and older , especially women , have never had tetanus vaccination or boosters .
18 Generations of schoolchildren have smoked furtively , behind the bikesheds , or in the cloakrooms … but they 've never had school approval … until now .
19 One teenage tenant who was a chronic asthmatic and attended hospital three times a week , has never needed hospital treatment for her asthma since moving back into her Heatfest home .
20 Since the beginning of September until this week there has been practically no rain , and the wind has never reached gale force , so the leaves have stayed on the trees far longer than usual , with a constantly changing pattern of glorious colour .
21 I have never played golf time .
22 I asked her if she did not feel deprived , having never experienced school life .
23 Primary encopresis These children have never achieved bowel control possibly due to faulty or inconsistent training .
24 I have never liked opinion polling or pollsters .
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