Example sentences of "never [verb] a day " in BNC.

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1 Just because you are thin and never suffer a day 's illness does not mean that you can embark on an energetic walking programme without building up to it .
2 Ideally you should review this action list daily and never let a day pass without doing something to progress your priorities in even a minor way .
3 I 've never missed a day 's work through illness in my life and I 'm still rushing around the country appearing in theatres and clubs .
4 ‘ I play hockey and I have never missed a day through sickness in 17 years , even with torn muscles and ligaments , ’ he said .
5 ‘ She was a lovely wee girl and never missed a day .
6 It is obvious that Smith 's assessment is coloured by his self-revealing remark that ‘ Coleman had never done a day 's soldiering in his life , and for that reason alone was incapable of leading and directing ’ .
7 Yet is that not exactly what the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) and his hon. Friends are advocating , through the establishment of a national investment bank and a host of other measures — despite the fact that the hon. Gentleman has never done a day 's work in industry in his life ?
8 If you 've never had a day 's illness in your life , it 's hard to imagine the financial disruption that can be caused by sudden hospitalisation .
9 She 'd never had a day 's illness in her life , but Timothy 's future was beginning to prey on her mind .
10 Apart from that I 've never had a day 's illness in my life ; never been in bed a whole day .
11 I 've never had a day 's illness in my life , thank you very much . ’
12 They never get a day off , nobody thinks of letting them go off on a training course , they never get the chance to keep up and yet they are expected to be the fount of all knowledge .
13 Working hard for no pay , never getting a day off and having no financial independence are the most common complaints .
14 That there will never come a day ,
15 Some of these people have never left this area of town , have never passed a day of their lives without seeing , if not entering , the Church of Santa Maria .
16 Never had a day 's illness in your life ! ’
17 I never miss a day of my life with washing on the line .
18 You could go through a whole life and never have a day like that . ’
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