Example sentences of "she 'd never [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I I and she 'd never said a word !
2 She 'd never seen a boy so thin and pale-looking .
3 ‘ But it was mostly the other thing , that he 'd had to sweat all his life and she 'd never done a hand 's turn .
4 She 'd never experienced anything like this in her life before — she 'd never met a man who had made any real , lasting impression on her .
5 She 'd never had a day 's illness in her life , but Timothy 's future was beginning to prey on her mind .
6 She 'd never had a weight problem , of course , but she must have lost a few pounds over the past few days , because the waistband of the shorts she was wearing this morning — which she had purchased in New York only last Saturday — was already far looser than it had been .
7 She 'd never spanked a man in cold blood before .
8 She 'd never known a man speak so softly — or to greater effect .
9 She 'd never known a woman , she thought to herself , who dressed so conventionally , whose face was more boringly nondescript , whose hairdresser performed such miracles of dreariness .
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