Example sentences of "i never [vb past] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I never saw her with a hair out of place .
2	‘ I never saw her in a colour , ’ she says .
3	Within a very short time , I dealt with three fractured femurs in Church Street — I never saw one with a foot turned out .
4	He seemed austere and I never saw him with a hair out of place , or a button undone , but he had a healthy Dutch appetite .
5	In all the years Francis and I were married I never asked him for a cent .
6	His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ?
7	‘ A thing happened to myself Stevie , last autumn , coming on winter and I never told it to a living soul .
8	He said the first day I went , I , I never sold anything except a couple of por a bit dubious , so he cooked half a dozen sausages , one bit of fish and did a few chips and said I bet we 'll be sitting here all day well every bugger come for fish and chips , had n't got none had they !
9	‘ I never took you for a person who constantly changes her mind , Fran . ’
10	I appreciate you 're a very clever woman , but then I never took you for a fool .
11	I never seen her with a hat on in my life before , but Grandma wore a a bonnet , when she came into town .
12	I never doubted it for a minute , Jane , never .
13	I never established anything like a friendship with him , but our paths did cross from time to time .
14	Well I never did it on a Saturday .

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