Example sentences of "have never [verb] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 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 ?
2 ‘ 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 .
3 She 'd never had a day 's illness in her life , but Timothy 's future was beginning to prey on her mind .
4 She 'd always known what he was , and she — she was no silly eighteen-year-old who 'd never known a man 's touch .
5 Having never given a tinker 's cuss about The Pogues , I do n't share in the general mayhem that greets Shane MacGowan 's stumble-on for a mumble through a sickly ‘ Wonderful World ’ .
6 They sit in Montreal making decisions and they 've never heard a train 's call at night across the prairie .
7 I 've never missed a day 's work through illness in my life and I 'm still rushing around the country appearing in theatres and clubs .
8 I 've been in Egypt four years and I 've never seen a Pasha 's wife or daughter . ’
9 If you 've never had a day 's illness in your life , it 's hard to imagine the financial disruption that can be caused by sudden hospitalisation .
10 Apart from that I 've never had a day 's illness in my life ; never been in bed a whole day .
11 I 've never had a day 's illness in my life , thank you very much . ’
12 The shock of surprise — he had never seen a woman 's breast before — gave him an erection .
13 She was used to seeing men 's bodies ; but she had never seen a woman 's strike the poses of these images .
14 Because most of them have never made a penny 's profit in their lives .
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