Example sentences of "had never [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , many Englishmen , even those who had been on the side of parliament during the Civil War , like Richard Baxter , had never wanted to abolish the monarchy altogether . |
| 2 | He had never intended to turn the dog loose , only to scare Frankie into scuttling for safety like a terrified rabbit running ahead of the hounds . |
| 3 | Sarah 's skin might be thirty ( except that Catriona had never tried to judge the age of anyone 's skin before ) . |
| 4 | The princess had never agreed to attend the gala , nor had she demanded a fee for doing so . |
| 5 | This came as a surprise to the band as they had never agreed to play the concert at all and they immediately issued a statement to this effect , fearing that many of their fans were being lured into buying tickets for a Smiths free event . |
| 6 | Until now he had never had to court the approval of the political elite , because his monopoly of legitimacy had made him irreplaceable . |