Example sentences of "i have never known a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like most of my generation , I had never known a war , had never had fear rammed down my throat time and time again like the older generation . |
| 2 | I had never known a woman by that name . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've never known a girl to make such a fuss over talking to her mother , I 'm losing my temper with you , Angharad , for heaven 's sake get on with it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've never known a man empty a church as fast as Marr . |
| 5 | I 've never known a puppy like it . |
| 6 | I 've never known a bloke like it ! |
| 7 | ‘ But I 've never known a crew planning to mutiny that did not show some sign of it before , ’ said the captain . |
| 8 | ’ I 've never known a case where one person has been a victim of so many crimes . ’ |
| 9 | I 've never known a dog eat so many wasps ! |
| 10 | I 've never known a Christmas like this Brenda . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never known a player with a more positive attitude , and that has been especially valuable with so many inexperienced lads in the squad . |
| 12 | I 've often noticed it in men and I 've never known a woman to behave as weirdly as a man . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never known a woman like you . ’ |
| 14 | Er , I I do apologise but erm I 've never known a fox yet drop a cattle , a stock , er something that big , when , when you said farmers and their cattle , their d mostly dairy farmers and all the rest of it I 've never seen a fox do that . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've never known a place where ye get so much wine . ’ |
| 16 | I 've never known a place like it ! |
| 17 | ‘ I 've never known a house with so much roof . |
| 18 | Sounding for all the world as though she quite hated him , Gwen commented disgustedly , ‘ I have never known a child to get so dirty ! ’ |
| 19 | Crilly , I have never known a man like you . |
| 20 | So new slants are being tried , and I have never known a year with so many titles getting the multicover treatment in one form or another . |
| 21 | I netted the same ground six weeks later and had a very good kill of rabbits , but in the whole of my long-netting career I have never known a net to be genuinely swept away by the weight of the rabbits it caught . |
| 22 | I have never known a Member of Parliament so unwilling to accept the work that has been done by the Ministry on behalf of his constituents . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ I have never known a team who force you into a corner so much . |
| 24 | I have never known a situation where a doe has used the same breeding stop twice . |
| 25 | I have never known a time when central Government have interfered so much in the day-to-day running of the town halls . |