Example sentences of "never [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally she pointed out that she never sought this adulation , quite the opposite , and was frankly horrified by media attention . |
| 2 | As a former member of his Household explained : ‘ He never expected this kind of reaction . |
| 3 | Its champion , Countess Araminta , is conceived as a woman of the calibre of Hilda von Einem in Greenmantle but she never fulfils this introduction , while Mastrovin , that ‘ survivor of old black days ’ , is helpless against the common sense of McCunn and the elementary cunning of the diplomat Archie Roylance . |
| 4 | Well , I 'd never heard this expression before and ‘ I ’ explained to me that it was another word meaning ‘ lesbian ’ . |
| 5 | I have never heard this case made in anything like the explicit fashion in which I have just outlined it , and I do not think it ever would be publicly made . |
| 6 | Because , ’ she qualified hastily as he broke stride to look narrowly at her , ‘ I 've never travelled this way before . |
| 7 | The girl , who happened never to enjoy this activity , ground her teeth together . |
| 8 | Faldo , who has never won this championship , went into lunch one hole down against Frost who had a 66 to a 67 . |
| 9 | Churchill knows he 'll never win this war , but he ca n't give it up ! |
| 10 | An advocate of the charting device with its versatility for creating personalised knitwear garments , Rita was always surprised by the number of students who never used this accessory . |
| 11 | I never reported this story because I did n't believe it . |
| 12 | Except from a brief outburst from Sonny ( when Pat urges him to face reality , he protests , ‘ Reality is not life ! ’ ) , you would never know this play was the work of a poet rather than a TV comedy writer . |
| 13 | May we never misuse this gift by torments , sarcasm and cruel jokes but use laughter to entertain and bring happiness to others . |
| 14 | Even if one had never visited this part of England , the map would suggest that there are fundamental differences in the way in which the landscapes of the two halves of the counties have evolved . |
| 15 | Perhaps white people never visited this coast . |
| 16 | In certain cases they never received this modification and found their way almost unaltered into school programmes , as in Lagos State , Nigeria . |
| 17 | I was hoping for the best , never believing this sort of thing could happen to my own little horse . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've never met this chap Peter ? ’ |
| 19 | I 've never felt this way before . |
| 20 | She had never felt this way before , and did n't know how to cope with it . |
| 21 | He had never felt this power of emotion before . |
| 22 | His death is a sin offering , he gives his life for us , he dies for us , but , as far as I can tell , the New Testament never answers this question : To whom is the sin offering given ? |
| 23 | I 've never done this kind of thing before , he thought . |
| 24 | Tories have been battling with each other in the Commons , on TV , in the newspapers and on the floor of the Tory Party conference with a ferocity never seen this century . |
| 25 | I 've never seen this gentleman . |
| 26 | Katze had never seen this type of explosive , but it did n't take a scientific genius to work out what the thing was . |
| 27 | I 've never seen this woman before in my life . |
| 28 | I admit that there must be some degree of doubt , because I 've never seen this injury anywhere else in isolation . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never seen this area this dry this early in the year . ’ |
| 30 | Maria 's never seen this postman before , but it 's not so strange , they always take new people on at Christmas . |