Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Soviet aid was never intended in any case to equip the Republic for victory , so much as to enable it to resist until the Spanish war became part of a more general conflict in which Britain and France would join the Soviet Union in fighting European fascism . |
2 | ‘ I 've never heard of any Spittler , ’ Don Mini said . |
3 | In all the years I have been practising , and among all the hypnotherapists whom I know or of whom I have read , I have never heard of any individual suffering any side-effects at all — except positive ones . |
4 | The hon. Gentleman will understand that , in all matters of such sensitivity , it is deeply important that a weak signal is never given by any Member of this House . |
5 | I 've certainly never come across any evidence that it exists . ’ |
6 | She had never responded to any man in her whole life as she did to Felipe . |
7 | ‘ I have never felt about any woman as I feel about you . |
8 | I have never felt in any way uncomfortable . ’ |
9 | He says we were never told of any side effects even though we specifically asked . |
10 | ‘ You know , ’ she said quietly , ‘ that I 've never slept with any man until today . ’ |
11 | It was all a plot to distort what she said , a plot between her husband and brother to take her daughter away from her , and her daughter had never got into any trouble while she was with her , and that she ought to be with other girls of her own age and with her own mother . |
12 | They had never talked at any length before and Seb found the gipsy stimulating and amusing company . |
13 | Therefore , whereas the market participation of asset owners is always to some extent protected ( by the peculiar qualities of the assets possessed ) , the market activity of the entrepreneur is never protected in any way . |
14 | Having never settled into any kind of worthwhile career before the war , now , in keeping with many other ex-officers , he found he was virtually unemployable . |
15 | He has never asked for any favours and , on the field , he 's never given any either . |
16 | Of course , farm workers were never left in any doubt as to where the power in their village lay , but on the whole class conflict was rarely overt . |
17 | Ten years later , on a visit to Burnley and practising the skills of the oral historian , I talked to my grandmother , and she , puzzled , told me that Edna had never worked in any office , had in fact been apprenticed to a dry cleaning firm that did tailoring and mending . |
18 | He kissed her with an expertise that was outside her experience , with a knowledge that was never learned from any book , and , much to her surprise , she felt a stab of jealousy for all those other women who must have stood as she stood now , arms round his strong frame , mouth ravaged by his skill . |
19 | The child was never imbued with any conception of what education was all about — ‘ I did n't recognize it . ’ |
20 | I have never read of any firm in Britain from which I could purchase a light box . |
21 | I have never read of any firm in Britain from which I could purchase a light box . |
22 | On the other hand , I 've never read of any attack by a cab-driver in his cab . |
23 | Scottish ancestors , one of whom had married a Cree , ( who was , of course , never mentioned by any member of the family ) , had given her a physical and mental toughness which enabled her to fight methodically for anything she wanted badly . |