Example sentences of "be never [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bears were never headed but with just four heats left were still looking for extra inspiration . |
| 2 | Sows were brought from miles around for mating , while settings of eggs were supplied for broody village hens , who were never fed but had to pick up their food from the village or the rice field . |
| 3 | who is never led but stands on his own ground , |
| 4 | As such , the subject is never disembodied but is always a body . |
| 5 | Well obviously you learn about the male orgasm because that 's what creates a baby but I think she was right , the female orgasm is never mentioned but it 's there |
| 6 | Nevertheless every choreographer creating this kind of romantic ballet today has to spend much time creating the proper gestures to replace the words , which in such ballets are never spoken but must be understood . |
| 7 | The name of his assailant was never discovered but Joyce was adamant in repeating that he was a ‘ Jewish Communist . ’ |
| 8 | This ‘ evidence ’ was never published but he persisted in his belief that his only crime was that he was found out . |
| 9 | The petition was never delivered but the muttering about it has persuaded the king to promise a consultative assembly once all this is over . |
| 10 | He was never tightfisted but it was n't often he was that generous . |
| 11 | The cause was never known but affected soldiers all had close contact with soil — which may explain why the cavalry and officers were rarely affected . |
| 12 | The Annbank-Mauchline line which closed in 1984 was never lifted but merely mothballed . |
| 13 | Unlike Arundel and the Howard family , his essential loyalty to the Tudor cause was never doubted but he remained a Catholic and had to face a compromise which lessened his personal authority . |