Example sentences of "had never [vb pp] eye [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He waited until Berthon — with whom Rudd had never seen eye to eye — took a holiday and grafted a new front end on to Jean Behra 's car .
2 Erika , who had never set eyes on Hetta in her life , stoutly agreed , and even Paul , making a dishevelled appearance , said with his new courtliness that he would like to meet her , causing Frau Nordern to raise a sceptical eyebrow and warn him not to be sarcastic at that time of the morning .
3 Biddy drove out of town fast , and down narrow lanes into the country of wide marshland and wider skies which Nails knew existed but had never set eyes on before .
4 From that day to this Adam had never set eyes on Mary Gage and had hardly ever thought of her .
5 Not for the first time , she wished Great-Aunt Alicia had never set eyes on Matthew Preston .
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