Example sentences of "he [verb] never [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 2 | It could be argued that anyone who is idiot enough to send a cheque for thousands of pounds to a salesman of shares in unquoted companies he has never heard of deserves to lose it all . |
| 3 | It is not the only roof over his head — in fact he has never lived in it . |
| 4 | He has never stayed in any one place longer than a couple of years and prides himself on knowing when to go . |
| 5 | He has never engaged in acquisitive crime such as burglary , because this would contradict his 1960s ‘ peace and love ’ philosophy . |
| 6 | He has never suffered from the traditional shortcomings of young princes . |
| 7 | He has never gone through the pain and never will , nor will he ever suffer from post-natal depression , morning sickness and the list goes on . |
| 8 | He has never asked for any favours and , on the field , he 's never given any either . |
| 9 | — he takes his Wife and Bairns with him , a Waggon the size of a Squatters Cabin and all such apparatus as will imcumber [ sic ] him not a little — he has never travelled in the Woods , never salted his rump Stakes [ sic ] with Gun Powder and how he will take to it , will be a ‘ sin to Crockett ’ . |
| 10 | In 1967 Ron Gorchov dreamed up a uniquely curved and hinged frame to support the canvas on which he paints and in all the years since then he has never wavered from its use , though it has appeared in a wide variety of sizes and variations . |
| 11 | He has never flinched from the job in hand , ’ said the judges . |
| 12 | xiv.4 : Kimon says that he has never toadied to the Thessalians ) . |
| 13 | In my knowledge he has never spoken to us about this business . |
| 14 | He has never recovered from lending £120m of his bank 's gold to the busted flush of Wall Street , Drexel Burnham . |
| 15 | Perhaps only Barrie could have made a successful match between two such unpromising characters — a man who boasts that he has never laughed in his life and a woman who is acutely aware of being devoid of charm . |
| 16 | Mr Wood has helped to nurse back to health badgers injured on the road or found orphaned but he has never come across one which has been used for baiting . |
| 17 | Well known through his contribution to the Whitney Biennial in 1985 , when he decorated the public lavatories , and from exhibitions with Tony Shafrazi , he has never shown in this country , but Edward Totah makes the correction when he presents ten large canvases and twenty-six smaller pictures ( 7 April–23 May ) . |
| 18 | He 'd never heard of it . |
| 19 | The local man said he 'd never heard of such a thing . |
| 20 | He 'd never heard of Vecchi and was n't interested in finding anybody by that name . |
| 21 | Funny … he 'd never heard of a company called ‘ Princes Street ’ . |
| 22 | Apart from the essentials , there was a lot of luxury stuff : pate de foie gras , smoked salmon , tins of continental delicacies he 'd never heard of and did n't want to try . |
| 23 | ‘ Keith added a huge thing to the band , ’ enthuses Bryan , ‘ and he 'd never recorded on an album before . |
| 24 | He hated verbal theories , he did n't read much , he 'd never travelled outside the states , he punched people up , and when he was drunk at parties he pissed into the fireplace . |
| 25 | He 'd never hankered after the travelling life . |
| 26 | There was , however , an instinct in him when it came to Judith that he 'd never experienced with any other woman . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't worry , Cawthorne deserves everything that 's coming to him , ’ said McInnes in a tone I bet he 'd never used on Sorrel . |
| 28 | Shae had laughed too , but it had been an effort , most of all because he 'd never relaxed like that in her company . |
| 29 | Harold Wilson always used to say he 'd never got past page one , did n't he ? |
| 30 | But he 'd never known for certain and still did n't know now . |