Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [prep] any [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Though I have never heard of any one collaboration between restaurateur and artist proving more lucrative than the next , there does not seem to be any shortage of artists who will in effect take on certain risks in order to get their work out on the town . |
2 | It 's the same act — basically — but it 's so different each time , and I 've never felt with any other woman what I felt with you . |
3 | On such days the hills hold a mixture of azure and gold never seen at any other time of year ; the cobalt sky is more intense than it ever is in summer , and the straw-coloured hills shine strong in the light from the low winter sun . |
4 | Mrs Arbuthnot 's admiration for Castlereagh was entirely uncritical : his ‘ dignity and nobleness ’ were ‘ never seen in any other man ’ . |
5 | As I said before , I have never resorted to any improper method when I bowled . ’ |
6 | Much as she disliked living with her grandmother , she had never thought of any other arrangement in concrete terms . |
7 | He has never stayed in any one place longer than a couple of years and prides himself on knowing when to go . |
8 | So I 've never belonged to any physical set . |
9 | There was , however , an instinct in him when it came to Judith that he 'd never experienced with any other woman . |
10 | Oxford , of course , holds a very important place in the story of the printing of the Bible since , apart from earlier editions , the copyright for printing the Authorised Version of 1611 ( which , strangely enough , was never authorised in any official sense ) , and the Book of Common Prayer , is granted by charter to Oxford and Cambridge University Presses ( and by licence to the Queen 's Printers , Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode ) . |
11 | The workforce at Swan Hunters have never asked for any special privileges , they 've always asked for a fair deal on a level playing field . |
12 | Polybius ' inability to create an appropriate model for the rule of Rome over Italy was inherited by Posidonius and , as far as I know , never remedied by any Greek author . |
13 | The Securities & Exchange Committee ( SEC ) declared that " Pilgrim has never engaged in any revenue-producing business . " |
14 | God is called ‘ Father ’ 170 times by Jesus in the gospels , and in his prayers never invoked by any other name . |
15 | For many Czechs the failure of the Republic was deeply demoralising , for it was never contested in any serious way . |
16 | It seems that the dolphin has been able to eliminate frictional drag and turbulence when it swims , a feat never achieved by any human-made vessel . |