Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [noun] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her imagination had never painted pictures like this , though , and she stole another glance at the man who held the plane steadily on its course as Mitch took his shots . |
| 2 | He had played classical music on the stereo , which Boy had assured him he liked , and it was true ; Boy had never heard music like this before and he thought it was wonderful , a sound as big , and as warm , and as expensive as the car ; a sound as exciting as the sensation of being driven through the night by a stranger . |
| 3 | Frequently he paused to inspect his tail as though he had never heard noises like that before . |
| 4 | I 'd never met people like this before and really did not know what to make of them . |
| 5 | He 'd never felt skin like that , velvet skin , warm and slippery skin that absorbed him into her . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've never felt pressure like that , not even during the World Cup two years ago , because of what might have happened had we lost . |
| 7 | I 've never felt hostility like that before , there was violence everywhere , I could smell it like something crawling out of the ground , it was like having second sight , the sense that something terrible was going to happen and there was nothing you could do to stop it . |
| 8 | yeah , I could n't believe it I mean you go back five years he 'd never done things like that , he erm , missed the most easiest reds and left it right over the pocket and then Stephen Hendry went on and cleared up the whole frame , got a break of over a hundred |
| 9 | They 're l lead men you know and he has er painted this and it must be something to do with these men but these drawings now , I 've never seen drawings like them |
| 10 | She 'd never seen swings like them before or since — wooden boats painted bright yellow with curlicues of red and green , where two of you sat facing each other and pulled alternately on ropes to swing yourselves higher and higher . |
| 11 | I had certainly never seen entertainment like this in any of the countries I had visited before . |
| 12 | ‘ I ent never seen cakes like that afore , ’ said George . |
| 13 | I ai n't never seen jewels like that before . ’ |
| 14 | Auck Auckland and we went there and we went into this restaurant well believe it or not , I 've never seen food like that , I mean Joy asked for a leg of lamb , I did n't say leg of lamb , I had the cod pieces |
| 15 | The birds were n't anything he knew and he 'd never seen toadstools like that with spots on . |
| 16 | I have never had mastery like this before . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Mellor was besotted with me because he 'd never had sex like it ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Antonia told me he was besotted by her because he had never had sex like it . |
| 19 | They 've never had people like barks or tells . |
| 20 | We only had enamel plates at home and never had food like this . |
| 21 | You 've never tasted coffee like it . |
| 22 | I 've never covered things like comparative questions , when I talk to you about close and , you know basically what I 'm talking to you about |