Example sentences of "[pron] never [vb past] 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 | ‘ I 'm Ron Barton and I 'll have you know that I am the Roving Correspondent of the True Brit , the newspaper with an even bigger circulation than the Sun , and I never laid a finger on , or up , the lady . |
| 11 | I never heard a word |
| 12 | I never heard a word uttered except mine . |
| 13 | In over ten years in her Government , I never heard a complaint that any paper was held up at Downing Street because the Prime Minister had been too pressed with work to get round to it . |
| 14 | Despite all the troubles , I never heard a woman say she regretted having supported the long strike . |
| 15 | I never heard a thing until maybe the last two steps he took , I never had time to turn . |
| 16 | I decided this was because I never wore a tie and one morning my mother found me trying to tie one of my father 's . |
| 17 | ‘ But Ross — I never received a letter from you ! |
| 18 | I never understood a word about economics and his strength was economics . ’ |
| 19 | I never had a chance to see if anyone had been hurt or not because we were already accelerating up the next stretch of road . |
| 20 | I never had a chance to bitch at him … do you know what that means ? |
| 21 | I never had a singing lesson in my life , it was just a natural thing for me . ’ |
| 22 | I never had a TV set until I bought one with my first lot of royalties and the only way we got the record player was because my dad won about £40 on the pools . |
| 23 | It must have been a wrench to give some of it up , but you had a choice ; I never had a choice . ’ |
| 24 | I never had a bottle in the house . ’ |
| 25 | I never had a map you have n't joined up so you know which country |
| 26 | Fucking lucky I never had a knife in me hand were n't it ? |
| 27 | I did n't , I never had a bread |
| 28 | I never had a holiday for about ten years . |
| 29 | I never had a sense of abundance , of being able to splash out and enjoy myself . |
| 30 | I never had a sense of being disorientated in Africa . " |