Example sentences of "never [vb pp] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tylers have never recognized any union and are well known for the low rates and poor conditions that they impose on their workers . |
| 2 | One woman had her finger cut off in a slicing machine and never received any compensation . |
| 3 | ‘ I know who John Thaw is of course , ’ he said , ‘ but I have never heard any gossip about him buying a house here . |
| 4 | ‘ As for the claims about Prince Edward , I have never heard any suggestion that he 's gay . |
| 5 | They were never given any work to do . |
| 6 | ‘ Not put aside , perhaps , ’ agreed Matilda , ‘ but never given any peace while a rival cause serves the purpose of every malcontent in the realm . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ It was something I 'd never given any thought to , but it was nice to be asked , and when the Ulster Branch were happy to accept my nomination I was delighted to take up the offer . |
| 8 | Because we 're not set any targets and we 've never given any feedback from higher |
| 9 | The problem which arises from this is that we are never given any inkling of the totality of a king 's estates , and there is a particular difficulty in trying to construct a picture of crown land by listing all references to it from the whole Merovingian period ; if kings rewarded their followers by conferring estates on them , even though the grant might not be hereditary , the pool of land must have changed constantly . |
| 10 | She had never given any indication of a closer relationship . |
| 11 | She was never given any form of education , and spent much of her time secluded with her two sisters and her aunt , the Duchess of Rothesay . |
| 12 | The idea of doing research and pursuing an academic career was common ground to both of them ; indeed they had never considered any alternative . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never pursued any man in my life ! ’ she flared , stung by his disparaging ‘ dear ’ as much as by what he seemed to believe . |
| 14 | Ausfahrt had never won any prizes for maths at Bremen High . |
| 15 | Well do you know , when I met , I , I 'm meeting old chaps through this very excellent marriage agency , I 've never expected any thing like it , they are marvellous , and the sent me a nice old lad , but I knew I was onto a looser when he said , of course I go to my daughter-in-law every Saturday for lunch , she absolutely insists because she says , she wants to make sure that I 'm eating properly , now this is a very healthy old man with a very good income who could afford to buy any food he wants and the fact of the matter is his that he 's son is probably not , he does n't want to upset his old dad , and it 's handy to have him to come on Saturday for lunch and be done with it as it were , but I thought surely Bernard your own sense would tell you that nobody want 's their old father and father-in-law every Saturday of their life , for lunch oh . |
| 16 | She 'd never met any man before who could make her feel so disquieted . |
| 17 | In all my professional experience of giving support to troubled marriages , I have never met any couple who were not able to make considerable strides forward if both were genuinely willing to give attention , to the issues underlying their discomfort and conflict and make the changes necessary for health and growth . |
| 18 | ‘ In truth , sir , it is very difficult for me to judge , ’ she said , ‘ owing to the fact I have never met any people like you before . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've never met any architects before , ’ she said , ignoring his gibe . |
| 20 | She 's never met any dykes before . |
| 21 | I confess I have never met any woman as shrewish or as critical as you ! ’ |
| 22 | " Patrick has never exhibited any interest in girls , " Katherine said quickly . |
| 23 | I 've never possessed any business acumen . |
| 24 | She had never felt any affection for the place and had made no friends there she would miss ; and anyway , she would find fields to conquer up here , coming home triumphant to wed the lord of the manor . |
| 25 | Numbers may , of course , bring increased power and in the Crofter case Viscount Maugham said that he had never felt any difficulty in seeing ‘ the great difference between the acts of one person and the acts in combination of two or of a multitude , ’ but , as Viscount Simon L.C. remarked in the same case : |
| 26 | They were open , and , nodding up to Ben , she said , ‘ I 've never felt any guilt or regret over that . |
| 27 | Never done any work at all after being married no , never , no . |
| 28 | You may tell me why a young lady who , whatever she says , has never done any work in her life before , has come to the East End to find it . ’ |
| 29 | No I 've never done any work for . |
| 30 | You 've never done any work |