Example sentences of "had never [vb pp] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paused in the doorway , because it was rare to see the High Queen without at least a dozen courtiers ; certainly he had never seen the Sun Chamber like this , bathed in the glow from the dying day , alive with the strong , pure magic of the Purple Hour , the huge crystal windows that looked out over all Ireland ablaze with light . |
| 2 | She had never seen the time machine looking so ordinary . |
| 3 | When questioned , Mr Bence said he had never seen the trophy cabinet in his life , and was at a loss to explain how it came to be in the director 's Portakabin . |
| 4 | Phyllis had never seen the check-out girl before . |
| 5 | Wilson had tried this first , with ‘ In Place of Strife ’ , but fortunately for Labour these proposals had never reached the statute book since union opposition was internalised within the party . |
| 6 | Scott would bet that he had never worn the snakeskin overcoat Annabel had given him the Christmas before . |
| 7 | When I say that Dolores had never heard the term gig before joining the band I am not taking the piss or ridiculing her . |
| 8 | ( Many Keynesians who had never accepted the Phillips curve regarded its ‘ breakdown ’ as the long overdue come uppance of an uninvited and unwelcome intruder . ) |
| 9 | This was compounded by her belief that her normal examination ( aged 34 ) meant that neither she nor her children were at risk , and she had never discussed the family history with them . |
| 10 | Kragan did n't add that he had never trusted the newspaper proprietor who sat on the council . |