Example sentences of "have never [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she has never seen a real hummingbird . |
| 2 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 3 | Punishment alone has never made a bad character into a good one , or even ensured temporary good behaviour . |
| 4 | Since then , Labour has never made a generous offer of co-operation with other Scottish groups or parties which recognised their differing views on home rule or democracy . |
| 5 | Two years later the moratorium was confirmed , although it has never become a formal agreement . |
| 6 | There is no champion tennis player who has never served a double fault ; no professional musician who had never played a wrong note ; and no doctor or nurse who has not made an error of diagnosis . |
| 7 | Fribble , still eating his cheese , said , ‘ And the legend has never said a legitimate child . ’ |
| 8 | She has never used a great deal of make-up . |
| 9 | DEC has never used a Western Research Labs-designed computer architecture , although the unit was originally set up to find ways of building the fastest possible computers . |
| 10 | IBM Corp has now shipped 700,000 copies of OS/2 2.0 since it announced the product on March 31 and claims it has exceeded its initial unit sales projection — ‘ We 're well on track to surpass many industry expectations , ’ it said , but Reuter notes that IBM has previously said its expects to sell ‘ millions ’ of copies of OS/2 this year but has never provided a specific forecast . |
| 11 | A Coventry couple with two children : she has never had a paid job , he worked until recently in a Birmingham car factory where his last take-home pay was £65 . |
| 12 | The American Left has never had a solid basis . |
| 13 | Julian reached a far smaller audience than any of these later reformers and she has never had a decisive effect on the history of Christianity as they did , but she has acquired a considerable following in our own day . |
| 14 | FPB Chief Executive Stan Mendham said : ‘ The private business community has never had a legal format tailored to its needs . |
| 15 | ‘ Laura has never had a proper Christmas , ’ said 26-year-old Fran , back home in Eccles . |
| 16 | The British State has never had a formal foundation in the aftermath of revolution or war , or as the result of an act of will by an enlightened despot . |
| 17 | Bishop Jim Thompson , in Half Way , comments : ‘ The homosexual who has never had a physical relationship , because of religious conviction , or fear , or lack of opportunity , can be subject to the same panic in midlife as the heterosexual spinster or bachelor . |
| 18 | Since 1980 the Theatre Collection has mounted an exhibition every year , but to many people 's surprise and regret , it has never had a permanent display area of its own . |
| 19 | But the company , it seems , has never had a smooth run of it , spending the majority of its time pulling in venture capital . |
| 20 | Frenchman Cedric Pioline , who has never won a professional title , pulled off the biggest shock by dumping top seed Courier 7–5 6–7 6–4 6–4 to open the day . |
| 21 | I never went to one , I 'd never seen a live band that actually wrote their own stuff . |
| 22 | She 'd never seen anyone so transfixed , but then he 'd never seen a naked woman before . |
| 23 | It was as if he 'd never seen a naked woman . |
| 24 | I 'd never seen a white blues band playing so good and this kid , Jimmie Vaughan , was playing some of the most devastating guitar I 've ever heard in my life . |
| 25 | On 24 May 1988 , the last bit of meat went out the door , and an hour later I felt I 'd never seen a T-bone steak ! ’ |
| 26 | I put my hands over my eyes to shut out my fears : I 'd never seen a dead person before . |
| 27 | He 'd never done a wrong thing |
| 28 | I could see he 'd never used a public phone before . |
| 29 | You know I 'm , in some ways you know I 'm so glad I 've never had like well before you know it used to bother me that I 'd never had a long-term relationship and that |
| 30 | He 'd never had a serious illness since a bout of pneumonia in childhood , and he 'd never been less than whole . |