Example sentences of "never [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fem Sap has never recognized the sort of hierarchy which says that only published authors , or professors of literature , have something worth saying . |
| 2 | Sister Catherine , of Our Lady of Passion monastery , Northants , on the order to slaughter the nuns ' salmonella-infected chickens I have never regarded the term ‘ do-gooder ’ as a criticism . |
| 3 | Since I have never regarded the matter as having much bearing on religious affairs then this omission on my part is logical , if somewhat lacking in curiosity . |
| 4 | has never hidden the fact that he is a rich man — his collection of aircraft is of a calibre that requires a hanger-full of money as well as vision and skill . |
| 5 | If it had n't been for George , Lennie would have probably lived unhappily and I doubt that he would have never received the love and care from anyone else . |
| 6 | He had been obedient and had never received the fuss that was being made over the return of his brother . |
| 7 | ‘ I have never broken the law , but I will stand with my class , my community , my councillors and my MPs on this issue . ’ |
| 8 | She claimed she had never realised the significance of the tape , which she played for the first time ‘ weeks later ’ . |
| 9 | I have never forgiven the Government for what they did to my constituency in those two years . |
| 10 | He had never intended the group to become pop stars — and Rotten 's increasingly self-important behaviour was a worry . |
| 11 | This is analogous to the claim Gandhi makes in an address he gave to Christian missionaries , namely , that ‘ many men who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ or have even rejected the official interpretation of Christianity would probably , if Jesus came into our midst today … be owned by him more than many of us … ’ |
| 12 | When I started stravaiging about the bens and glens more than 50 years ago , I had never heard the name Munro applied to a hill . |
| 13 | Alex had never heard the name before . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've never heard the expression before — what did you call it ? ’ |
| 15 | And our own people here have never heard the word at all … |
| 16 | All the time I was growing up I had never heard the word ‘ homosexual ’ or even jokes about ‘ queers ’ . |
| 17 | I had never heard the word . |
| 18 | He feels his purpose in life is to spread the Christian religion in unexplored places where the people have never heard the word of God . |
| 19 | I had never heard the word and unwisely said that I did n't know what it meant . |
| 20 | She had never heard the word before . |
| 21 | The trouble is I did n't know because I 've never heard the word before . |
| 22 | Well I bet you , I bet they 've never heard the word the |
| 23 | And the ugly ; John Durnin 's never heard the adage … never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you . |
| 24 | None of them could disagree that it was a species of tyranny that left an unhappy debtor to the mercy of a remorseless creditor whose affluence prevented him from knowing the sorrows of adversity and who , nursed in the lap of plenty , had never heard the call of hunger or knew the cry of distress . |
| 25 | ‘ My child has never heard the sound of laughter , ’ said the woman , ‘ and I do n't want him to die without hearing it . ’ |
| 26 | There was a spattering of noise at her window that could only be thrown gravel , although she 'd never heard the sound before . |
| 27 | Spot these next to the computer on someone 's desk and you immediately know they have never heard the phrase ‘ Desktop Accessories ’ . |
| 28 | There was always a rumour that Noreen had had a baby to an Italian , but they had never heard the truth of it in Ireland . |
| 29 | She had never heard the sonnet . |
| 30 | When I say that Dolores had never heard the term gig before joining the band I am not taking the piss or ridiculing her . |