Example sentences of "[pron] never [verb] such a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I never heard such a thing ! |
2 | I think I never witnessed such a squabble of people rushing into a building . |
3 | I never had such a thing before , and I am like a child when it comes to running water . |
4 | Breitenstein ( 1980 : 193 ) gives three different senses for have in its use with the bare infinitive : ( a ) I 'll have him clear up this mess ( an instruction ) ( b ) I wo n't have you say that ( a strong wish ) ( c ) I never had such a thing happen to me ( an experience ) |
5 | ‘ I never saw such a carry-on . |
6 | ‘ I never saw such a union of earth , sky , and sea , ’ Dorothy wrote following one hill-top walk . |
7 | I never saw such a fool in my life . |
8 | VISITING LADY : I never saw such a face and shape in my life . |
9 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
10 | I 'm sure I never implied such a thing . |
11 | and there 's a there 's a farm for sale opposite there , you never saw such a wreck in all your life . |
12 | Well , you never saw such a sight . |
13 | You never saw such a frenzy as her frantic rush to dress herself , me pulling outfits from the wardrobe , she rejecting them as fast as they landed on the bed , trying on and discarding until she stood there in a stew of irritation and indecision in nothing but bra and panties . |
14 | ‘ You know he never said such a thing . ’ |
15 | Soon as the royal visitor had gone , he called us in and told us never to do such a thing again . |