Example sentences of "who never [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one she had n't seen for twelve years , had been ranting about , who never raised a finger to help and left it all to Nancy ? |
| 2 | When Ojomoh boards that plane on December 31 he steps into a new world , the elite strata of an elite sport — not bad for a lad who never saw a rugby ball until he was 13 , ca n't get a first team game and came close to being escorted to a plane by police . |
| 3 | The scoreline flattered the Owls , who never had a shot on target and were fortunate to concede only one goal , a stunning 44th minute header by makeshift striker Rob Newman from Mark Robins ' clever cross . |
| 4 | Her father maybe , with the tape around his neck , awful sleeveen Sean Walsh , who never said a word without thinking carefully of the possible effect it might have . |
| 5 | You 're the one who never made a mistake ! ’ |
| 6 | On odd nights that would worry me but in time I realised they were the kind of neighbours who never caused a disturbance . |
| 7 | We were thus free to take the Cup to lunch , where , feeling better , the former rugby hooker , Jeffrey Bernard , pronounced himself happy that ‘ if England ca n't have the Cup , then at least it 's good that the Australians have it … anybody but the wretched French and the bloody Welsh , who never bought a drink for anybody in their life ’ . |
| 8 | The immediacy of the job is obviously an attraction to Simmons , born in Merton , south London , and a pupil at Dulwich college who never visualised a career with the AA . |
| 9 | Reference has also been made to the early history of the Slovenes , who never controlled a state of their own , apart from the brief episode of Samo , the ruler of a seventh-century Slavonic empire which includes part of modern Slovenia . |
| 10 | There 'd have been no need for Ephraim Cook then to manage the business when he was gone ; an upright , Nonconformist — Mr Cook — the kind who never allowed a drop of alcohol , or a smile , to pass his lips and whose well-trained conscience would never allow him to cheat Gemma nor to waste a penny of her money , no matter how hard Tristan tried . |