Example sentences of "never in [pos pn] life " 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 | 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 . |
12 | IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election . |
13 | 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 ! ) . |
14 | 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 . " |
15 | VISITING LADY : Never in my life . |
16 | ‘ I never in my life heard a train say licketty split or tickety boo , ’ protested Lydia . |
17 | " Never in my life have I questioned an appointment , " she said , weighing every word . |
18 | never in my life had I done anything like this before . |
19 | ‘ But then , I have never in my life known a single headmaster of whom that might not be said . ’ |
20 | Never in my life . ’ |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Never in my life have I seen social security payments abound unless they were for a pound of flesh . |
23 | I have never in my life , in public or in private , in earnest or in jest , either called or even thought myself a fascist . |
24 | He had never in his life paired off to do this . |
25 | He said that he had examined the plans with Sir Joseph Paxton , the other member for Coventry , and ‘ had never in his life seen a building which appeared so confused in its internal arrangements ’ . |
26 | He 'd never in his life felt colder . |
27 | He also knew that never in his life would he be in a position to own one like it . |
28 | Gabriel had never in his life contemplated stealing so much as a flea from a dog . |
29 | ‘ My dear girl , you could never in your life look like an old hag , and you seem to forget that so far I 've never seen you at your best . |