Example sentences of "never [vb past] [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Spiers was trained in the Gothic school , but Bolton , who knew him well , insists that he never referred to any buildings of his own and little is apparently known about his work as an architect .
2 We never came to any agreement , but I can say for my part that I developed fairly firm ideas of my own on the matter during the course of such discussions , and they are by and large the beliefs I still hold today .
3 Although there was a resistance movement to the German occupation , it never developed on any scale and did not have the support of the mass of the people who were coddled by the occupying regime .
4 We never heard any grumbling , everyone ate everything and we never heard of any health problems ( if there were any ) ; it was totally refreshing for all to be themselves and be accepted as they were .
5 Although he was involved with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre , he never settled with any organisation for long , nor did he believe that permanent companies were likely to produce better work than ad hoc assemblies .
6 He certainly never talked about any time in the forces .
7 Nigel never looked at any building before examining the head , and I had learnt never to become too enthused about interiors until this had been done .
8 Jones , 33 , took a 3-0 lead and never looked in any danger after that .
9 Erm but I certainly never felt under any threat or any danger from people in the flats .
10 After that , she never washed in any water but cold water except when she could borrow a steaming kettle from her aunt in order to wash herself piecemeal in the kitchen or the cramped wash-basin in the bathroom .
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