Example sentences of "never in [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Christ ! ’ she said , and the next moment , forgetful of her own safety , she had Maggie in her arms , shushing and soothing as she had never in her life done before .
2 Her Aunt Elizabeth lived in a small house in the depths of the country near Hereford , and as she her self had never in her life been outside of Birmingham , the journey was like visiting a foreign country .
3 She had never in her life undressed in front of a man — not even a doctor .
4 But he does n't , and my mother wo n't tell him to go , because she 's never in her life told anyone to go , it is n't in her , but he 's grinding her into the ground , she ca n't work , she ca n't concentrate , he keeps talking to her all the time , and the baby cries , and it upsets her , for all that she keeps saying it does n't , and that it takes her back to the happiest years of her life , when we were all in plastic pants , I suppose she means , except I think we all had to wear wet woolly leggings , she had this thing about plastic pants being unhealthy . "
5 Clara was staggered and bewitched ; she had never in her life seen anything like it .
6 Never in her life had she felt so sure of anyone , as she did then of this enchanted warrior woman .
7 He went into her giant bathroom to take his mind off things and stood there awhile between her mirrors , thinking not particularly of how he looked himself but mostly of the inflections that she had caught from Fred , and also of how it must feel to be this negligently perfect child , who had obviously never in her life spent herself combating a flaw .
8 Never in her life had she felt less like eating than she did at this moment .
9 Charlotte had never in her life felt obliged to examine her relationships with anyone .
10 Never in her life had the penguin heard so many words .
11 And she meant it , for she liked her college room , she was even mildly proud of it , and the thought of entertaining Clelia in it did not alarm her , though she had a deep aversion to the notion of entertainment , and had never in her whole three years at University embarked on the ritual tea parties or more ambitious sherry parties that mark the social life of such establishments .
12 I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’
13 Never in my life , he wrote , have I known so exactly what step to take after the step I am in the process of taking , and then what step to take after the step I will take after the step I am in the process of taking .
14 IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election .
15 I have never in my life looked forward to starting a diet , but by the end of my holiday I could n't wait to get back on it to maintain my slimmer figure ( with every other diet I have put weight back on and more ! ) .
16 who was at Cambuslang at that time , commented " He seems hurt at being asked to preach as a candidate and I sympathize with him in this , as I think candidating and preaching contests are the most objectional things conceivable , and also the least satisfactory way possible of getting good ministers as a rule good men who have done their work well will not preach as candidates for myself I never in my life either preached as a candidate , offered for a parish or got a certificate . "
17 VISITING LADY : Never in my life .
18 ‘ I never in my life heard a train say licketty split or tickety boo , ’ protested Lydia .
19 " Never in my life have I questioned an appointment , " she said , weighing every word .
20 never in my life had I done anything like this before .
21 ‘ But then , I have never in my life known a single headmaster of whom that might not be said . ’
22 Never in my life . ’
23 Before dealing with the many points raised by right hon. and hon. Members , I propose to say something about Wales but , before doing that , I should point out that I have never in my life before spoken from one doughnut to another .
24 Never in my life have I seen social security payments abound unless they were for a pound of flesh .
25 I have never in my life , in public or in private , in earnest or in jest , either called or even thought myself a fascist .
26 Never in my career , ’ said the First Pilot , ‘ have I heard such insolence .
27 Never in my time but I 've heard it spoken about here .
28 for me to sign , I said I 'm sorry I 'm not signing them and I would n't sign any of them and he went back and he said alright then we 'll leave it in your husband 's name , I said yes you 'd better had cos he still owns the house , yet all those bills have come through , I 've had water rates come through in my name , I 've had the electricity come through it 's in my name , the only one bill that was never in his name , never has been is the telephone and that 's included
29 The final accolade came in Barnes ' closing speech , when he announced that never in his experience , ‘ and I think rarely if ever in anybody 's experience , has a local group without legal representation appeared and presented their case so consistently over an enormously long inquiry such as this . ’
30 Indeed , the speaker would go further ; never in his experience had Britain been so ably represented in the councils of the Common Market .
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