Example sentences of "never in [adj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | While the ambulance waited , it had to be carefully put away in the cupboard , as she had never in all her life left things draining by the sink . |
2 | She was a firm favourite of everybody there , a kind , loving , generous woman who never in all her life judged anyone . |
3 | Never in all their years together had he lacked an ironed shirt or clean underwear . |
4 | ‘ Darling , ’ he said , ‘ you have never in all your life been in love with a man as you are with me , yet it happened . ’ |
5 | I remember that we sat opposite each other — the arrangement I most preferred — so that I could observe evéry modification of his countenance ; and I have to say that never in all our acquaintance had I witnessed such patience and sheer kindness . |
6 | which is something they get to rely on and I should keep thinking , that 's a hell of a for them because he 's never in all our married life washed a sock |
7 | Never in all his experience , wrote Taylor , had he seen or heard of such covenants in a mining lease . |
8 | He had millions in the bank , rumour went , and had never in all his life paid any tax at all . |
9 | Now place around the head of this statue angels ; place in his left hand a sword ; and light in his realistically enamelled eyes a welcome and a promise such as I had never , never in all my years seen . |
10 | ‘ I have never in all my professional life forgotten to switch the tape on , ’ she said . |