Example sentences of "a [noun sg] never [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the experience of weaning introduced envy , competitiveness and resentment on a level never seen before . |
| 2 | It made it impossible to use it as a building never mind as a church . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It made it impossible to use it as a building never mind as a church . ’ |
| 4 | Tories have been battling with each other in the Commons , on TV , in the newspapers and on the floor of the Tory Party conference with a ferocity never seen this century . |
| 5 | Did you see the bit where what should a man that wears a wig never do ? |
| 6 | I 'm not sure , a boxer never returns , a tennis player never comes back , Bjorn Borg did n't . |
| 7 | ‘ I make it a rule never to drive at more than forty-five in a built-up area . ’ |
| 8 | In future I must make it a rule never to use those cold , wet , good-for-nothing days for looking at crags . |
| 9 | ‘ I make it a rule never to mix business with pleasure . |
| 10 | ‘ Sorry , but I make it a rule never to have working lunches — so bad for the digestion , I find . |
| 11 | In fact , he made it a rule never to make any friend who could not be useful to him . |
| 12 | ‘ Actually , I 've always made it a rule never to get drunk before going on stage . |
| 13 | They made it a rule never to pay , never to bribe , never to threaten to prosecute except in the case of dealers who could sell a young orang for several hundred pounds on the black market . |
| 14 | ‘ A lady never dresses too finely for the occasion . ’ |
| 15 | The result has been a compression of childbearing into ages 22–30 to a degree never seen before ; about two-thirds of all births ( figure 4.10 ) . |
| 16 | David wrenched free and went on furiously : ‘ Those women whose homes are sties , whose habits are bestial , who could n't raise a guinea-pig never mind a child — ’ he drew a deep , shuddering breath to steady himself , then continued more slowly . |
| 17 | When you 're bottom , a point never goes amiss — but United will be kicking themselves for not taking all 3 in London last night , after throwing away a 2 goal lead . |
| 18 | Frequently couples at their golden wedding celebration will say something to the effect of ‘ we made it a point never to go to bed angry ’ . |
| 19 | With the years , it had seemed to get heavier , so that now she made only two excursions a week , mostly to the outskirts , making a point never to visit the same house more than twice a year . |
| 20 | Rodd was the man who brought to Britain 's attention the existence of the Children 's Film Foundation , a body never heard of before or since . |
| 21 | It is a charge never withdrawn and it is one which stuck . |
| 22 | At the school debating society he won a name ; and he quickly discovered a truth never discovered by some undergraduates nor even by some mature debaters , that you can not speak well unless you care . |
| 23 | I can not share a room never mind my husband , with a whore ! ’ |
| 24 | If she had the sense she 'd been born with she 'd get up from the table right now , wish him a polite good evening , and scuttle back to the safety of the dressing-room , there to make a pledge never to risk being in his company again . |
| 25 | But such a name never appeared , perhaps for the reason the New Yorker itself suggested : you can not fix labels on a world of shadows . |
| 26 | " Certainly it would be a tragedy to see the two most powerful nations on earth destroying each other in such a way , " he agreed , " and let us pray that such a day never comes . " |
| 27 | It was a sign never to play again . |
| 28 | He had grown up in the splendid sixties , had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth , enjoyed whatever he did to the hilt and was enough of a gentleman never to look back . |
| 29 | Approximately one third of you feel a lot more worried about your safety than you used to and would never walk home alone in the dark , while a quarter never use public transport after dark . |
| 30 | No matter how much of a slavey she might really be , a chambermaid never thinks of herself as a maid . |