Example sentences of "have never [verb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The successive run of seven is unique in cricket history — unequalled even by Yorkshire , which has never exceeded a sequence of four . |
| 2 | So far James has never given a scrap of trouble and has passed his MoT test with flying colours . |
| 3 | Most likely a first-time father has never seen a person in such pain and it 's also the person he loves most . |
| 4 | Claire has never seen a man in a leopardskin jockstrap before . |
| 5 | Who among us , hand on heart , is prepared to say that he has never propelled a club through the air after fluffing a pitch in the weekend medal , or let slip an expression not to be found in the Royal and Ancient 's book of etiquette ? |
| 6 | He has never lost a case at trial . |
| 7 | It has never lost an artist from its record label , supposedly because it consists of many small and friendly individual companies . |
| 8 | John McEnroe has never made a secret of his desire , one day , to become the United States Davis Cup captain . |
| 9 | The US Congress has never uttered a word of criticism against the Israelis . |
| 10 | She has never received a lira of State help , despite the fact that her brother , Giuseppe Ciarrapico , chairman of the Roma football team , was a close associate of ex-Prime Minister Andreotti . |
| 11 | He says his company paid seventy eight thousand pounds to promoters , and has never received a penny in refunds . |
| 12 | It is a slogan which , for all its rhetorical flourish and historic associations , has never become a part of the law of Britain . |
| 13 | Mrs Thatcher has never declared a state of emergency . |
| 14 | Since making his debut against Pakistan in 1978–79 as a 19-year-old , he has never missed a Test through injury , a truly remarkable performance for a fast bowler . |
| 15 | He has never admitted an awareness of Earth Mysteries as an inspiration for his work , but the walking of straight lines echoes not only leys but also the task of the Gaia Programme monitors who were required to take regular readings on straight lines out from ancient sites . |
| 16 | The German government has never spent a lot of money on culture , and after reunification it cut the social , not the cultural , budget which is absurdly low anyhow . |
| 17 | The Houston-Tenneco Marathon has never paid a penny of ‘ start money ’ in its 19 years of existence . |
| 18 | The trouble is , it 's usually the family which has never owned a dog before that reacts with hostility to would-be helping hands . |
| 19 | Iraq has launched a rocket into space but it has never put a satellite into orbit . |
| 20 | Although Digital has never put a figure on the number involved in what it terms the downsizing of its operations , the company 's president , Robert Palmer , has said that those figures would not be out of line . |
| 21 | The Agen loose-head , who has never had a reputation for being a hothead , is refereeing junior and children 's games unaware that an old regulation of the French Federation — which used to automatically reduce the length of his ban if a player could show repentance by taking up refereeing — is no longer valid . |
| 22 | Darlington College has never had a winner in the national finals but course leader Alan Brookfield thinks this could be the lucky year . |
| 23 | ‘ Perks has never had a birthday like it ! ’ she said . |
| 24 | She has been trying to stake a claim which I vow to you on my honour she has never had a right to . |
| 25 | Labour has never won a majority in parliament against a press so tilted against it as now . |
| 26 | If Bates comes through that , he could face one of the most vulnerable seeds No16 Thomas Muster , of Austria , who has never won a match at Wimbledon . |
| 27 | His brother has never driven a cab before either ; this was going to be his first day . |
| 28 | She 's been with them now for just over a month , and Angelica has never known a worker like her . |
| 29 | Mime has never enjoyed a place on centre stage , it lives in the shadows of fringe theatre and the Big Top . |
| 30 | I 'd never seen a weapon like that before — only military rifles . |