Example sentences of "have never [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I am entirely convinced that Joseph Kosuth has never seen work by Claudio Parmiggiani either actually or in reproduction .
2 ‘ Those are officers , although my son has never commanded men in battle .
3 ‘ We are both like cheap wine — we do n't travel well , ’ explains Peter , who to this day has never set foot in America , let alone Hollywood .
4 ‘ He has never set foot in Israel and yet claims to be an expert in Israeli affairs .
5 THE first Essex Senior Cup final , in 1884 , saw Colchester beat Braintree 3–1 but the garrison town has never set eyes on Signor Fattorini 's masterpiece since .
6 Firstly NUPE has never had difficulty with Northumberland County Council getting time off for anyone .
7 " This nation has never found glory in war
8 The World Cup has never taken place in Oslo ( see altitude training ) .
9 This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ?
10 I 'd never eaten breakfast on weekdays before , and I used to be starving by lunch-time and pig out .
11 I 've never seen Puss in Boots .
12 They stared at each other for a moment before Mick added , ‘ You 've never seen Carrie for years , have you ? ’
13 I 've never had difficulties about Colin sleeping with other people .
14 ‘ I 've never had breakfast in bed before , ’ he told her .
15 I 've never had selection of Budgens
16 They 've never had people like barks or tells .
17 And I 've never laid eyes on Vera . ’
18 He waited until Berthon — with whom Rudd had never seen eye to eye — took a holiday and grafted a new front end on to Jean Behra 's car .
19 He maintained he had never received replies to letters or acknowledgement of seeds but the dispatch of the eighth edition of the Dictionary ( April 1768 ) awaited direction and then , with an unusually personal note , he excuses himself , ‘ … having had the misfortune to dislocate the ankelbone of my leg above a year and a half since gone … confinement and want of usual exercise has brought many maladies upon me , but I am in hope of proper remedies to prolong life a little longer . ’
20 He said it did n't matter , he had never liked sugar in Ovaltine .
21 He had never showed sensitivity for Cressida 's feelings , and was equally responsible for her unfaithfulness .
22 Zambia had never set foot inside Jahsaxa 's personal space before but , as SHe suspected , it was tastefully bare , illumined softly by concealed lighting .
23 Erika , who had never set eyes on Hetta in her life , stoutly agreed , and even Paul , making a dishevelled appearance , said with his new courtliness that he would like to meet her , causing Frau Nordern to raise a sceptical eyebrow and warn him not to be sarcastic at that time of the morning .
24 Not for the first time , she wished Great-Aunt Alicia had never set eyes on Matthew Preston .
25 From that day to this Adam had never set eyes on Mary Gage and had hardly ever thought of her .
26 Funny , Mick had never mentioned Carrie in years .
27 His foundation specialised in treating women who were HIV-positive , but he had never published research into Aids .
28 I have never felt discrimination in England because I am Italian .
29 The two have never seen eye to eye apparently and although some papers called him a hothead , Horton insists he was n't going to have a go at the ref , who was given a police escort back to the dressing rooms .
30 ‘ But we have never made door to door collections , so we know this man has nothing to do with us , ’ she said .
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