Example sentences of "have never [verb] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must introduce an unfamiliar subject to an audience which has never seen a watercolour before , and also provide new information of permanent value . |
| 2 | Justin says he was signed up while in a local resturant the other day and has never run a marathon before but has always wanted to … |
| 3 | Farmers son Paul has never sheared a sheep before . |
| 4 | ‘ I hit the fish and stright away though it was a good one , but my son Tony has never caught a pike so I handed him the rod , ’ said Lee . |
| 5 | On closer questioning , I find he has never driven a cab before ; he is an economics student filling in for his brother . |
| 6 | She 'd never seen a boy so thin and pale-looking . |
| 7 | Anyone would think you 'd never seen a chocolate before ! |
| 8 | Anyone would think he 'd never seen a Kobold before . |
| 9 | Many actors would not have accepted me — after all I 'd never made a film before . |
| 10 | ( HARRIET ) The author 's an ex-army captain who 'd never written a word before , but his first novel is set to make him millions . |
| 11 | He 'd never had a passport anyway . |
| 12 | Now we 'd never had a problem before with high conductivity . |
| 13 | Anyone 'd think I 'd never had a baby before . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd never had a lover before , I have no comparison , ’ she said shortly . |
| 15 | He 'd never known a time when Klein did n't need money for some gambit or other , and that meant he needed painters . |
| 16 | I mean I 've never heard a thing so . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've never worn a waistcoat before , ’ he said with pleasure . |
| 18 | Gathering up her crutch , she rose to her feet and , apparently unaware of his stillness , added , ‘ I 've never touched a chocolate since . ’ |
| 19 | But I 've never seen a child there … ’ |
| 20 | I 've never seen a Metro so full . |
| 21 | So this is the same idea and if there 's a star Something that I did see a wee while ago , I saw a f a light very close down to the horizon and I said I 've never seen a star so bright way down there . |
| 22 | I 've never seen a milkman round here |
| 23 | ‘ I 've seen many women in my life , ’ continued the young man , staring into her face , ‘ but I 've never seen a woman as beautiful as you . |
| 24 | ‘ Wo n't he consider it odd that you 've never said a word before ? ’ |
| 25 | It 's just that I 've never met a policeman before . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've never met a poof before , ’ Sparkes said . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've never met a woman more beautiful than my wife , ’ he says , ‘ so there has never been the temptation . ’ |
| 28 | I 've never lost a stitch yet ! |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never went a fiver before . ’ |
| 30 | I 've never got a plot out of a conversation , but I get the way people talk . ’ |