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 . |