Example sentences of "[pron] never got a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 2 | I never got a chance to defend myself and I would n't have known the right thing to say if I had . |
| 3 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 4 | I never got a bite in their da 's today . |
| 5 | How I never got a dose of clap I 'll never know ! |
| 6 | I never got a shot off . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 8 | I 've got Mayfair Piccadilly , Fleet Street and Regent Street , but I never got a set did I ? |
| 9 | ‘ But I never got a reply . |
| 10 | She never got a phone call about that job |
| 11 | Give them the drawing number so we sent a transmittal note , course we never got a transmittal note back . |
| 12 | Ah we , we , her and I cheered on who , who , who could n't score , he never , they never got a score . |
| 13 | ‘ And the fact that he never got a kick at Maine Road , and the sort of game he watched today , makes English football very attractive to him . |
| 14 | Morgan said he never got a reply from the English company . |
| 15 | Because he never got a lass into trouble — except once , and that was when he was just a lad . |