Example sentences of "i 'd never [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never seen a weapon like that before — only military rifles . |
| 2 | Many actors would not have accepted me — after all I 'd never made a film before . |
| 3 | I would be responsible for sound , second-unit camera , and most of the stills — although I 'd never operated a movie-camera or tape-recorder in my life . |
| 4 | Anderton said : ‘ I 'd never scored a hat-trick as a professional , so it was a great feeling . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd never ridden a bike , hardly , before . |
| 6 | I 'd never had a holiday till I was twenty-five ! |
| 7 | Now my twenty first birthday I 'd never had a copper for weeks , w e had n't got anything , anything at all , and all we got really was the old fashioned dog biscuits . |
| 8 | Anyone 'd think I 'd never had a baby before . ’ |
| 9 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 10 | I 'd never had a woman when I married Bella . |
| 11 | I 'd never had a lover before , I have no comparison , ’ she said shortly . |
| 12 | That 's right , that 's right , I , I tend to keep my watch to the minute if I possibly can , but that 's bad habit or really habit from the days when I was catching trains every day , and I 'd never caught a train with any time to spare , erm |
| 13 | I 'd never driven a van in my life but I managed to drive it from the East End to the West End , which I found a feat , and then I finally drove it up to Cumberland in the snow which was even more of a feat . |