Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have never regarded myself as a member of the " personality brigade " but as a television journalist who is equally experienced and valuable to a unit behind the cameras as in front of them . |
| 2 | She had never regarded herself as a very organised person , and did n't even consider she had a routine ; but when George retired , realised that she did have a kind of pattern . |
| 3 | It is clear , moreover , from facts which later became public , that her father King Malcolm had never intended her for a monastic vocation . |
| 4 | I 'd never considered her as a wife . " |
| 5 | I had never considered myself as a shy quiet child so drama and acting never bothered me . |
| 6 | But I 'd never done it to a policeman before . |
| 7 | ‘ I know what a slow comfortable screw is , Francis , ’ said Jay in her best Mae West , ‘ but I ai n't never done it against a wall . ’ |
| 8 | She had never seen him with an umbrella before . |
| 9 | I 've never seen him in a flap , or anything less than pleasant whether dealing with an actor who 's completely shaved his head only a few days before shooting a strict continuity commercial , or calming down the ‘ real ’ Rene Goodman who has rung the Sun to complain that the latest BT commercial takes her name in vain , and people keep asking if she 's getting divorced . |
| 10 | I 've never seen her at a meeting , but she could still be an associate member . |
| 11 | I 'd never seen her without a single string of pearls , which she fingered constantly . |
| 12 | I 've never seen it on a wall in a real house before . |
| 13 | where the games are getting played or I 've never seen it in a paper that I 've picked up in the morning , it 's never been in it ! |
| 14 | I 've never seen you in a suit before Barry . |
| 15 | The tight one will I 've never seen you in a tight dress though , you do n't let me see so I |
| 16 | Instead , uncharacteristically , he went and signed up with the Maharishi , paid out £146 , and has never regretted it for a single minute , although in fairness it has to be said that his wife has . |
| 17 | I 've never used it as a technique like Steve Vai — or there 's a British guitarist , Jan Cyrka , who does that . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've never hurt anyone with a challenge or anything like that , so I 'm in control of what I 'm doing on the pitch . |
| 19 | She has never hired anyone with a business-school education , because she believes such people are too rigid in their outlook . |
| 20 | ‘ I have never found one in a conservatory before . |
| 21 | He had never taken me to an Anglican church , he never read the Bible . |
| 22 | You 've never taken us on a ride on your motorbike this year . |
| 23 | Do n't tell the 3 L-drivers this , but in all his 10 years of examining , Barry Silk has never tested anyone on a steam roller . |
| 24 | The Labour party has never chosen it as a subject . |