Example sentences of "never [vb pp] a [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sit in Montreal making decisions and they 've never heard a train 's call at night across the prairie . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Never done a hand 's turn in her life , and would n't know how ! ’ |
| 7 | Never done a hand 's turn in her life . |
| 8 | I mean , she 's never done a hand 's turn for her father or her grandfather — ’ – |
| 9 | I 've been in Egypt four years and I 've never seen a Pasha 's wife or daughter . ’ |
| 10 | She was used to seeing men 's bodies ; but she had never seen a woman 's strike the poses of these images . |
| 11 | The shock of surprise — he had never seen a woman 's breast before — gave him an erection . |
| 12 | Because most of them have never made a penny 's profit in their lives . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She 'd never had a day 's illness in her life , but Timothy 's future was beginning to prey on her mind . |
| 15 | Apart from that I 've never had a day 's illness in my life ; never been in bed a whole day . |
| 16 | I 've never had a day 's illness in my life , thank you very much . ’ |
| 17 | She 'd always known what he was , and she — she was no silly eighteen-year-old who 'd never known a man 's touch . |