Example sentences of "never [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never committed an army to the field without being sure that he could bring overwhelming force to bear and never fought a battle without being sure he could win it . |
| 2 | In his whole life Henry II never fought a battle ; not did Philip until 1214 and although that battle , at Bouvines , turned out to be the victory which crowned his career he did his best to avoid it . |
| 3 | Philip 's reluctance to risk battle helps to explain why even so famous a soldier as Richard never fought a battle in Europe , with the possible exception of his " battle " against Vulgrin of Angoulême 's mercenaries in 1176 — but that was probably a slaughter rather than a battle . |
| 4 | The US Congress has never uttered a word of criticism against the Israelis . |
| 5 | And in the Commons in 1860 he declared : " I have never uttered a word in favour of universal franchise either in this House or elsewhere . " |
| 6 | Just because you are thin and never suffer a day 's illness does not mean that you can embark on an energetic walking programme without building up to it . |
| 7 | I was sad about this because I am a clubbable person by nature , and have never regarded a game of golf as anything but an occasion of pleasurable social exchange ; but an end to Muirfield was the price I had to pay for the championing of Meehan 's cause . |
| 8 | Essential for rest and relaxation of the mind as well as the body never judge a bed solely by its cover — it 's what 's going on inside that 's more important . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's OK Angel , ’ he said , ‘ Argentine saying — never judge a man until you have walked two moons in his shoes . ’ |
| 10 | ( Both turned out to be philanthropists , which just goes to show that you never judge a book by its cover . ) |
| 11 | ‘ Never judge a book by its cover ’ goes the old adage . |
| 12 | Never judge a book by its cover , she warned the twins . |
| 13 | Lowestoft College was not very eye catching , in fact it looked a dump but as they say ‘ never judge a book by its cover ’ . |
| 14 | Be perfect — that is , never make a mistake and always be ‘ good ’ . |
| 15 | Before leaving we were assured that the baggage conveyors , fully automated with multiple bar code scanners never make a mistake . |
| 16 | ‘ And you never make a mistake or change a word . ’ |
| 17 | Never make a hole in the ice by hitting it with a blunt instrument as this will kill or concuss the fish . |
| 18 | Ropes let down into it seem to go down forever , coins dropped never make a sound , etc . |
| 19 | I 'm a business and a factory , the work-force and the boss I 'm the brains and the belly and I never make a loss |
| 20 | I think it was David Bellamy who once said : ‘ Never make a frog do that which you would n't do yourself . ’ |
| 21 | Needless to say , we never passed a hat shop . |
| 22 | The lesson of all this must be never to lose a ferret in the first place . |
| 23 | This is n't a deficit in response inhibition as such because the animals never develop a history of being reinforced in one arm of the maze in preference to any other . |
| 24 | To this end she never wasted a word or gesture and when she saw Wexford she neither greeted him nor even lifted her head , but said to one of her little girls : |
| 25 | She never wasted a gesture or a movement . |
| 26 | Although placemen never formed a majority in the Commons , attendance at the House was often low — the average attendance per session during William 's reign was 238 — so their significance could be immense if they consistently and unanimously backed the government . |
| 27 | ‘ Never treated a climber before . |
| 28 | While you should continue to work steadfastly towards your goals , never allowing a sense of defeat to interfere with your long-term ambitions , you must anticipate some devious manoeuvres on the part of others and some strange developments — even a serious attempt to knock you off your perch . |
| 29 | Yet Evans-Pritchard records that he never met a Zande who admitted to practising witchcraft , although when pressed Zande might acknowledge that witchcraft substance could act on its own account , perhaps even against the conscious intentions of the person concerned . |
| 30 | It was a great walk , with swing bridges across the river , and we never met a soul all day . |