Example sentences of "never at a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Lester Korn — never at a loss for a quote — told Fortune , ‘ Business has become too complicated , and the stakes have become too high , for a board chairman who needs executive talent to rely on his friends or his friends ’ recommendations . |
| 2 | Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive Scott McNealy is never at a loss for something to say , and has been sounding off about some of the current bees in his bonnet . |
| 3 | The Countess was known locally for her frequent visits to the sick and the infirm and never at a loss for a generous word or gesture . |
| 4 | For that matter , Odysseus himself might have borrowed a trick or two from the rabbit hero , for he is very old and was never at a loss for a trick to deceive his enemies . |
| 5 | The Golconda eyes are on the horizon to which our boat is hounding us , but Monsoon 's never at a loss for an answer . |
| 6 | A bookish man , and as such an untypical Tory , he was never at a loss for a quote , however unusual the circumstances . |
| 7 | ‘ Our Elsie ’ Streek is never at a loss for fund-raising ideas . |