Example sentences of "never [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ministry in the home never has a lower priority than that outside the home . |
| 2 | To date , the USSR has never attacked a stronger opponent , but it is not out of character for her to steal a march on her equals when their guard is down . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've never said a truer word , Sergeant . |
| 4 | Ponyboy feels he should become tough to fit in with his friends , but soon realises that by doing this he would never achieve a better life . |
| 5 | The citizens of Kettering had never seen a better ring , In fact no better pair of 'em " Take care of " me ! " they cried . |
| 6 | Paige could only admit that she had never seen a better male specimen . |
| 7 | Did er , Tom like the I 've never seen a better one th have you ? |
| 8 | I 've never seen a blacker car in my life ! |
| 9 | Hewlett , predictably , has ‘ never seen a worse church ’ . |
| 10 | Oliver had never seen a dirtier or more miserable place . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never seen a quicker boy . |
| 12 | The club have never had a better side . |
| 13 | I 've never had a better incentive to hurry home . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've never had a better client , ’ she said then . |
| 15 | and he 's never had a better job than what he had at Widnes , I 'll tell you ! |
| 16 | ‘ I 've never had a higher pulpit , ’ he said . |
| 17 | She has never had a stronger string of horses and must be a runner for our Olympic team . |
| 18 | I have never had a tougher day in my life , of physical effort and exertion . ’ |
| 19 | Never punish a bed-wetter , in the hope this will ‘ shame ’ or ‘ Scare ’ him or her into becoming dry . |
| 20 | I 've also got an early '60s L-series Strat and I 've never played a better Strat than that one , but I do n't use it live in case I lose it . |
| 21 | I have never encountered a better-run theatre . |
| 22 | ‘ We may never have a better chance to conclude such a wide-ranging agreement . |
| 23 | ‘ We may never have a better chance to conclude such a wide-ranging agreement . |
| 24 | Great Britain have never won the World Cup but after this summer 's titanic struggle for the Ashes and blessed with home advantage , Mal Reilly 's men will never have a better chance to take the trophy . |
| 25 | She 'd never have a better opportunity . |
| 26 | I would never have a better diversion , I thought , then it did get better . |
| 27 | He might never have a better chance . |
| 28 | Want to sing with a high pitched voice , you 'll never have a better chance . |
| 29 | And you 'll never read a bigger pile of shite ’ . |
| 30 | But he 's never found a better subject , than Alice 's underground adventures . |