Example sentences of "[noun] have never [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NABC has never fostered a North/South divide and the suggestion from Mr Atkinson that we would give preference to the views from southern counties , as against northern counties , is totally without foundation . |
| 2 | I think I 'm right in saying the PFA has never lost a battle it has fought . |
| 3 | Much admired for his technical skills — such as his use of overlapping dialogue — Altman has never produced a box office hit other than M*A*S*H , in 1970 . |
| 4 | Labour has never won a majority in parliament against a press so tilted against it as now . |
| 5 | ‘ Perks has never had a birthday like it ! ’ she said . |
| 6 | Darlington College has never had a winner in the national finals but course leader Alan Brookfield thinks this could be the lucky year . |
| 7 | Amabel had never exchanged a word with an actress in her life and had never even set eyes before on a divorced woman . |
| 8 | It 's the same as that place in Australia where they have n't seen rain for seventeen years , I mean there 's children who are grown up now at college have never seen a spot of rain , I 'd hate that I 'd rather have our , sometimes dismal climate . |
| 9 | Rising stars like Phil Tufnell , Chris Lewis and Graeme Hick have never shared a dressing room with him purely as a team-mate , getting to know him on equal terms . |
| 10 | Anabelle had never seen a turtle before , and thought him a kindly creature . |
| 11 | The Independent Companies had never taken a prisoner , although this was not from want of trying . |
| 12 | Naturally gifted as he was , the Japanese boy had never taken a golf lesson . |
| 13 | Angel had never had a lesson ; he played as naturally as he walked . |
| 14 | Mr Smith said it was ‘ appalling ’ that many 18- to 24-year-olds had never had a job . |
| 15 | Firstly , Software AG is not obliged to fork out part of its profits to shareholders in dividend payments , and so can pump more into research and development — but then Micro Focus Plc has never paid a dividend . |
| 16 | It so happened that Hazel had never seen a crow . |
| 17 | They had only three or four NCOs who had seen action before , and 50 replacement troops had never fired a rifle before they reached Sparrow Force . |
| 18 | On the contrary , since a high proportion of this age group have never had a smear or no recent smear , screening of this age group would have substantial benefits . ’ |
| 19 | Yet is that not exactly what the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) and his hon. Friends are advocating , through the establishment of a national investment bank and a host of other measures — despite the fact that the hon. Gentleman has never done a day 's work in industry in his life ? |
| 20 | ‘ The difference between Manchester and Liverpool groups is that Liverpool has never had a university tradition . ’ |
| 21 | Dauntless Javelot had never imagined a woman could be such abrasive company . |
| 22 | Being as Liverpool had never seen a skate comp before , the atmosphere at Dan-Z 's was riotous — even though it was only a mini ramp . |
| 23 | But the UK had never had a product like this and they needed it , ’ says John Bartic , visiting professor at Strathclyde University and joint chief executive of Bartle Bogle Hegarty ( BBH ) , the agency appointed to handle the launch and subsequent roll-out . |
| 24 | The company claims its two million DOS Fastback customers have never reported a case of data loss due to product malfunction. +1 504 291–7221 |
| 25 | Most likely a first-time father has never seen a person in such pain and it 's also the person he loves most . |
| 26 | ‘ If a woman has never had a Caesarean , we can push her quite hard , ’ says Dr Paterson . |
| 27 | Kevin had never seen a nursery before . |
| 28 | Mr Maxmilian Frizzell had never read a book since leaving school and did not know who Lawrence was , so he put down the newspaper and took up the Car Dealer and Garageman with what dignity he could muster . |
| 29 | We go two lads there with hardly any work on me and Jan are alright now we got a third person Graham has n't got much on and er Ri Richard 's scraping round for work , so of course my ears pricked up like so I thought , Mike sensed that I 'd looked up and he looked at me and er so I just looked back he said God , God had never invented a woman with small ears ! |
| 30 | Emily had never had a head for figures , and her brother-in-law , Marcus Judge , had kept an eye on her finances from the beginning , gradually acquiring a controlling interest in the business . |