Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb base] never [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps ; but I 've never seen any particular virtue in consistency , and it certainly made for variety . |
| 2 | And it can seem quite ghostly and atmospheric on a misty November afternoon , but I 've never seen any ghosts there . |
| 3 | dir : Yes , but I 've never given much credence to anecdotal evidence from surgeons . |
| 4 | shake yourself round , but I 've never know that last night |
| 5 | When I kept telling him what controls to use , the repeated reply was , ‘ OK , but I 've never done this before ’ , but he never sounded frightened . |
| 6 | But I 've never done this before . ’ |
| 7 | But I 've never had any experience in this field . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll have to forgive me but I 've never read any of your books . |
| 9 | ‘ I know who John Thaw is of course , ’ he said , ‘ but I have never heard any gossip about him buying a house here . |
| 10 | But I have never seen such a total lack of staff discipline in my entire career in the hotel business . |
| 11 | My Guppies keep getting pregnant but I have never seen any fry . |
| 12 | The spectral type is F. In general F-stars are said to be yellowish , but I have never seen any colour in Canopus , either with the naked eye or with optical aid ; to me it looks pure white . |
| 13 | It seems to be assumed by many advertisers that this sort of thing makes it simpler for the ( presumably illiterate ) public to take in , but I have never seen any evidence whatever to prove that it is better than , or even as good as , writing in slightly more formal English . |
| 14 | There are some people who claim to be able to control an axe kick to the top of the opponent 's head , but I have never seen this done effectively enough to score . |
| 15 | Female contestants are sometimes advised to wear a sanitary towel to protect the perineum from injury , but I have never known such an injury to arise . |
| 16 | There are many reports of their having been seen with binoculars , but I have never had any success . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been trying to get a video of the game for the past four or five years , but I have never had any success . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But I have never had any approach from Dr Clarke . |
| 19 | But I have never had this opinion of Edward Wood challenged in the House of Commons . |
| 20 | These days everyone seems to be hopping on and off jets if only to go to the Spanish holiday resorts , but I have never left these shores . |
| 21 | I know Harry is coming of age tomorrow , but you 've never had any experience of being in love with anyone else , so one has to ask oneself , how can you be sure this is the real thing ? ’ |
| 22 | right , but we 've never covered all this see , you 've picked bits up as you 've gone along and another thing you should never give a choice of something and nothing you should always give a choice of something and something else |
| 23 | But we 've never had that here . |
| 24 | It 's important to take a case just to try , but we 've never won such a case yet . |