Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] never [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However well she did , however hard she tried she never earned a word of praise from her husband , the royal family or their courtiers . |
| 2 | Circumstances had obliged him to sell out to three younger partners , but until they came he never had a telephone or typewriter . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Whoever it was that took her never spoke a word the whole time , which made the whole experience worse . |
| 5 | Ye always said ye never needed a doctor . ’ |
| 6 | And er erm Eileen said then she said we never had a warning then did we ? |
| 7 | And despite the AIDS menace 20 per cent of the students questioned by Cosmopolitan magazine said they never used a condom . |
| 8 | Morgan said he never got a reply from the English company . |