Example sentences of "never [art] word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh there were never no word about that , no . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd think he 'd come for the Christmas or even write but never a word , no thought for anybody except himself , ’ and it cast a deep shadow when they tried to imagine what kind of space enclosed Luke in England during the same hour , but they were n't able to imagine it . |
| 3 | ‘ Never a word . ’ |
| 4 | There had been a running buffet in the kitchen and they helped themselves when they were hungry , like gauchos on an Argentine estancia , but meals glued life together for Alan 's family and he could be heard intoning , intoning , instructing , instructing in his foggy monotone with never a word in reply , until the children were able to ‘ get down ’ . |
| 5 | Never a word of constructive criticism . |
| 6 | And his own man in the Washington Field Office , the CI-3 team , and putting in the longest hours and never a word of complaint , and that had won him the job in the Attaché 's office in Rome . |
| 7 | Never a word passed directly between them ! |
| 8 | You left him for me to tend , with never a word , and I 've done my best for him . |
| 9 | He knew , he said , that he was just an ordinary farmer 's son and she was a famous Beauty , known the county over , never a word spoken against her even by the men who bivouacked up in the fells — but he would have no-one else and would wait just as long as she told him to . |
| 10 | Never a word of thanks from any of them for all we 've done . |
| 11 | Does it not seem to you that had the guilt been his , he could have come straight home and said never a word , and left it to some other to find the dead and sound the alarm ? ’ |
| 12 | Summertime was nearly over , and my wife would lie alone and lonely in our cave , waiting for my return , looking with her sightless eyes for her lover , uttering never a word of complaint . |
| 13 | I have never spoken one word before fine , many a scuttle here and there , but never a WORD . |
| 14 | Never a word of bitterness or complaint . |
| 15 | All the other players you hear about from time to time , Charlton , Giles , Hunter et all but never a word about Harvey . |