Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In other words , one quarter of the theses are probably never consulted after completion . |
| 32 | The initial tenderness with which Jean-Claude had wooed me , had enveloped me and won me , had never developed into compassion . |
| 33 | Ainsley Bennett revealed : ‘ I give this careful impression in training and competition that I 'm lazy and never provoked into action , always relaxed , even if I 'm not . ’ |
| 34 | Unfortunately , as far as is known , no written parchments have survived from the Minoan civilization , and it may be that the finest Minoan thoughts were never committed to writing . |
| 35 | We 've never looked on EMF as a career . |
| 36 | Although the Australians , who had a magnificent second half , only pulled away to a resounding victory in the last ten minutes , the harsh truth is that the Boks never looked like scoring . |
| 37 | I have never wished for power . |
| 38 | Vologsky 's personal fortress had never come under attack . |
| 39 | But suppose now suppose I were a middle-aged to elderly teacher who had never come across dyslexia until recently and was now aware that he or she had dyslexic pupils , the first thing to do , I think , is to inform yourself . |
| 40 | Sheriff Crozier said : ‘ In over 40 years , I have never come across behaviour such as yours . ’ |
| 41 | The legislature has never had occasion to speak on this matter , and the issue has never come to court . |
| 42 | But much of the casual work done by women was probably never reported to census enumerators ; the number of wives recorded as lodging-house keepers or washerwomen , for example , was probably very inaccurate , largely because of the difficulty census enumerators experienced in classifying women 's domestic labour . |
| 43 | We have never paddled at night and are a little apprehensive but soon learn what we have been missing . |
| 44 | ‘ The spirits we invoke are never trapped for eternity , ’ Apanage said , smiling sweetly at Dauntless . |
| 45 | She knew their names — except for the thin man with the small head whom the others never addressed by name — and something of their characters . |
| 46 | Mrs Watson had never suffered from depression before and a pathologist confirmed she had no signs of natural disease . |
| 47 | She had never suffered from claustrophobia , but right now she could imagine just how its victims felt . |
| 48 | Strawberries have been grown in the island since 1860 , but raspberries , gooseberries and currants , tried many times , have never met with success . |
| 49 | When he passed through an ivy-clad trellis arch and saw the man he sought , however , raking dead leaves and twigs into an incinerator , he realized how absurd the idea was that they could somehow be twin actors of the same part who had never met on stage till this unscripted moment . |
| 50 | Crown counsel never sought by reference to the May addendum to correct the witness or to clarify what she meant by ‘ one statement , ’ nor did he reveal to defence counsel the existence of the May addendum . |
| 51 | But she had never felt at home with him , perhaps because , with his confident good looks and the air of arrogance in his bearing , he seemed both to represent and to have absorbed something of the mystery and potency of the power he operated . |
| 52 | She had never felt in danger before , at least not from the sort of attack that menaced the settlers in Palestine , the RIC in their barracks , the Irish in their homes . |
| 53 | But the clog of sound she had never noticed in hospital was removed , as if a plug of cotton wool had been taken out ; that constant humming buzz of the working building like a machine or a living body around her . |
| 54 | Lucifer 's face was so devil-like as he said it that he frightened even Izzie , a thing he had never done on stage . |
| 55 | It implies that 90% of the universe is composed of something other than everyday atoms — swarms of exotic particles never seen on earth . |
| 56 | He had gone on to a party at a rich woman 's house , he explained , and seen a display of drinks such as he had never seen on earth before . |
| 57 | He features in Kirby 's Wonderful Museum ( p. 34 , vol. 4 , 1820 edition ) where he is described as having been ‘ tall and very slender ’ and ‘ as he was never seen in company , or speaking with any person , his real name and character remained enveloped in profound mystery , so that he was generally known by no other appellation than the ‘ Walking Rushlight ' ’ ' . |
| 58 | This probably explains why little children favour tall animals , that they have never seen in reality , to animals that slither and scuffle across the ground . |
| 59 | The oak trees had not yet lost the vivid yellow-green of their late springtime , a colour so bright , so fresh and so unparalleled elsewhere in nature or in art that no one has ever been able to emulate it and it is never seen in paint or cloth or women 's dresses . |
| 60 | Exposure to direct sunlight is generally to be avoided since products are seldom exposed to it , and because it can quickly produce effects that are never seen in practice . |