Example sentences of "never [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notice that although this reads as ‘ sliding the lace carriage for ten rows ’ , this is a brief way of saying ‘ move the lace carriage to the right and back , knit two rows , repeat from to five times ’ , the rows referred to are the knit rows , since the movement of the lace carriage never constitutes a row . |
| 2 | Daddy sits a lot , doing nothing and muttering to himself and Mummy 's just retreated — she never starts a conversation , or asks a question , or — You 'd think they 'd be over-anxious about me , their one remaining child and perhaps they are , but they have miserable ways of showing it . |
| 3 | In the ‘ Hunt ’ Quartet the single note , on the many appearances of the theme throughout the movement , never has a dot or a stroke . |
| 4 | Alcatraz on the grounds that he never finishes a sentence . |
| 5 | You might be forgiven for thinking that I see an ideal speaker-hearer as someone who relies on everyone else to complete his conversational turns , never finishes a sentence , speaks very quickly and often with his mouth full , never answers questions , always repeats himself , says nothing without hedging , and invariably forgets what he wants to say — but who survives , if only by ending his utterance with a triumphant whatchamacallit . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's brilliant , he 's happy , he wakes up every day joyous and he never holds a grudge for more than about three minutes . |
| 7 | He never writes a memo saying you know we are supporting or attacking this government as about this election campaign , never , but journalists know what his view is and they write in a code with that view and if they did n't they would quickly find out where they should be and it would not be working for one of those newspapers and the thing that 's quite perverse about it is the . |
| 8 | They may have even been friendly but I remembered the old saying , ‘ On a dark lonely road , one never meets a friend ’ . ’ |
| 9 | Never uses a word of less than five syllables . |
| 10 | But he never says a word , just looks miserable because he does n't like me saying ‘ 'fuck' ’ . ' |
| 11 | The ‘ idealism ’ shows in his verificationism , and in the indeterminacy of translation , but it never reaches a formulation . |
| 12 | They fall into some categories do n't they , like the lazy slob , who never does anything , never washes a dish or ne never helps at all around the house , so even though they stay there for about a week . |
| 13 | She never buys a paper and never goes out for the evening . |
| 14 | Well never can he and er the other partners with er the plant hire that 's been going for donkey 's ages and never shows a profit . |
| 15 | He never wears a watch whether racing or training , never records his mileage , and has no idea what his personal bests are over any time or distance . |
| 16 | They were hanging off him , he never wears a belt |
| 17 | Three , the thief knew he never wears a hat . |
| 18 | Swindon cabbie , Peter Miller never wastes a moment between pick-ups . |
| 19 | Yeah , I mean , but he never gets a panic or not and he just lets her get on with it and he just stands there . |
| 20 | Because you are always available , he never gets a chance to take any decisions while you are away . |
| 21 | My face never gets a mention . |
| 22 | This means that he is always in control : he never takes a holiday from his responsibilities . |
| 23 | A good pilot never takes a risk . ’ |
| 24 | She never takes a lesson without that . |
| 25 | Steffi never misses a chance of coming to Britain , not only for tournaments , and she told me of her delight at discovering a street market on a recent visit . |
| 26 | Our venerable brother Sam … ‘ ( he never misses a dig ) ‘ would be unable to perform such an act of skill , owing to his debauchery . ’ |
| 27 | Les Smith — who at 77 never misses a match — is one of many left bitterly disappointed . |
| 28 | ‘ Bob 's 84 , going strong , and never misses a meeting , ’ says Billy . |
| 29 | ‘ He never misses a dot . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She knows just when to roll over , give a whoof and never misses a line , ’ says director Peter Kennedy . |