Example sentences of "they have never [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This word was said in such a way , and accompanied by a look , that told the woman behind the counter that she did n't know her business , because they 'd never had a pennorth of tiger nuts . |
| 2 | There were thousands of paparazzi and fans because they 'd never had a world premiere in Houston before . |
| 3 | They 'd never had a Christmas day quite like that before . |
| 4 | They sit in Montreal making decisions and they 've never heard a train 's call at night across the prairie . |
| 5 | So er can people come along and have a go if they 've never had a go before ? |
| 6 | that 's true but and they like their cup of tea they 've never had a cup of tea |
| 7 | ‘ But they 've never had a market designed especially for them . |
| 8 | Well they 've never had a product that cheap before . |
| 9 | After all they had never seen a storm being still before . |
| 10 | Mind you some of them looked as if they had never seen a woman before . |
| 11 | They had never witnessed a man get up and say to the wind and to the wave be muzzled ! |
| 12 | All over the country hurt and disillusioned journalists and would-be journalists wondering why they had never received a reply could only presume that they had been rejected . |
| 13 | I was first taken to see these ‘ houses ’ by my father when I was nine ; I have often wondered since then why they had never become a tourist attraction . |
| 14 | David Macdonald , one of Britain 's leading fox experts , questioned 400 lowland sheep farmers in England : almost half said they had never lost a lamb to a fox . |
| 15 | When I last spoke to the Otter Trust they had never had a complaint against a canoeist but many against anglers . |
| 16 | Who can honestly say they have never done a bit of work off-the-books or used the services of somebody who was doing so ? |
| 17 | We agree with MacGowan and Reeves that the half life may be inaccurate if it is calculated from only two values ; but perhaps that is why they have never seen a patient with normal renal function in whom the half life is as long as 7.6 hours , since in clinical practice two measurements are all one has to go on . |
| 18 | If they have never had a number they must go personally with proof of identity . |
| 19 | Because most of them have never made a penny 's profit in their lives . |