Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 WHEN it was first screened in 1989 , Birds of a Feather ( Sunday , BBC1 , 8.20pm ) caused outrage , not because of the language , but because viewers had never heard women speak like that on television before .
2 No , I 'd never heard Hilary mention him , ’ said Mrs Frome .
3 She had never heard Louise speak in this tone of voice before .
4 She had never heard Foucard speak so soothingly , so encouragingly .
5 Emmie thought she had never heard people laugh so much or sound so happy .
6 I had never heard Pike sing in real life , so I could n't tell how this spirit voice matched up to the real one .
7 He had never let Anthony carry that much around .
8 I have never seen England play better than they did against Ireland and I 'm sure few other people would argue about that .
9 ‘ Except in the celebrations that greeted the end of World War II , I have never seen England look as unashamedly delighted by life as it did during the World Cup , ’ Arthur Hopcraft has written .
10 I had to admit that I 'd never seen Darren look so good .
11 I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really
12 This was n't the India I knew : during five previous visits I had never seen women kiss each other .
13 He 'd never seen stars like he 'd seen them around here , cold and diamond-sharp and so many .
14 I 'd never seen Terry look so hopeful about anything before .
15 I 've never seen Guy like that .
16 I 've never seen people eat chips , cos you know how you get sick of chips sometimes , we 's shovelling down the chips down and coke , proper coke they were drinking .
17 He had never seen Mandy look contrite before , and he decided , wickedly , to make her suffer a bit before he let her off the hook .
18 There were alot of helicopters going overhead and when they came I have never seen children move so fast .
19 I 've never seen guys cough up so fast ! ’
20 John had never seen men work so willingly or cheerfully .
21 He had never seen Englishmen get themselves into such a state before ; they looked more like untouchables .
22 He had never seen Cranston like this before .
23 OK , so I 've never seen Kurt look quite that pale before , and I 'm not sure it 's such a good idea for Courtney to be zipping about with Kurt on that hired motorbike while seven months pregnant but , hell , it 's not as if anyone 's dead .
24 I ai n't never seen Marie like this .
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