Example sentences of "never [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Congress has never uttered a word of criticism against the Israelis . |
| 2 | And in the Commons in 1860 he declared : " I have never uttered a word in favour of universal franchise either in this House or elsewhere . " |
| 3 | I was sad about this because I am a clubbable person by nature , and have never regarded a game of golf as anything but an occasion of pleasurable social exchange ; but an end to Muirfield was the price I had to pay for the championing of Meehan 's cause . |
| 4 | Although placemen never formed a majority in the Commons , attendance at the House was often low — the average attendance per session during William 's reign was 238 — so their significance could be immense if they consistently and unanimously backed the government . |
| 5 | ‘ Never treated a climber before . |
| 6 | All over the country hurt and disillusioned journalists and would-be journalists wondering why they had never received a reply could only presume that they had been rejected . |
| 7 | The firm 's owner assured them that he had never received a penny and was paying a large rent for his premises . |
| 8 | He says his company paid seventy eight thousand pounds to promoters , and has never received a penny in refunds . |
| 9 | ( Ironically , but also significantly , one is from a school which has never received a project grant and the other from a school which received a retrospective Minor grant some time before the deputy head herself took up her post . ) |
| 10 | He had never examined a man before : whenever they had been near before he had been too busy looking for an escape route . |
| 11 | ‘ York had a lot of credibility on Wall Street and he had never broken a promise … |
| 12 | I myself had never witnessed a stoning , but Omar had done so on three occasions and had taken great delight in describing to us the fate that awaited weak women who did not carefully guard their honour which was so prized by their men . |
| 13 | London had never witnessed a footballer quite like Hughie Gallacher . |
| 14 | They had never witnessed a man get up and say to the wind and to the wave be muzzled ! |
| 15 | Although fans will tell you there is nothing as exciting as attacking football , those who frequent ‘ The Tip ’ have probably never witnessed a game between two attacking sides . |
| 16 | I hope the FRCC can understand my annoyance , since I have never placed a bolt on a Lakeland crag . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've never ironed a shirt . ’ |
| 18 | I ca n't remember , his life , he 's trying to find what an iron looks like , he 's never ironed a hanky in his life . |
| 19 | I mean I 've never heard a reggae record like this , nor any other record , come to that , imagine the sort of slow , two-note bassline of De La Soul 's ‘ What 's More ’ taken back to its R&B roots , with copping guitar , honking sax and leering swagger in the rhythm . |
| 20 | Previously I had never heard a nightingale ; here they sang throughout the night beneath our windows . |
| 21 | And I had never heard a voice so cruel and cold . |
| 22 | I have never heard a member of an ethnic minority obliged to dwell within the barbarous framework of a powerful , prosperous , white , allegedly Christian culture talk about the richness of the multicultural society . |
| 23 | I , never heard a word of it . |
| 24 | like , like , like Lucy , I 've never heard a word come out of her mouth . |
| 25 | ‘ Never heard a thing . ’ |
| 26 | She said , no never heard a thing . |
| 27 | I mean I 've never heard a thing so . |
| 28 | WHAT is it about we British that makes us pay millions of pounds to actors who have never heard a shot fired in anger , while we ignore the heroes whose deeds they are paid to portray ? |
| 29 | WHAT is it about we British that makes us pay millions of pounds to actors who have never heard a shot fired in anger , while we ignore the heroes whose deeds they are paid to portray ? |
| 30 | I 've never heard a room go more quiet . ’ |