Example sentences of "have never [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within my own practice , I have never met a white child who says he or she is not white ; neither have I met a black child growing up in a black family saying that he or she is not black . |
| 2 | Somebody once said , " I have never met a bad Quaker yet . " |
| 3 | I have never heard a tufted duck quack , or indeed make any kind of noise so I was intrigued to learn that the female bird growls . |
| 4 | Torpedo have never lost a European tie on their dilapidated old ground and Ferguson knows Robson 's experience could be vital . |
| 5 | Modernization Commissions , the basic planning units , brought together civil servants and managers ( the trade unionists involved have never played a major role ) to thrash out targets for output and investment . |
| 6 | For example , I have never received a personal letter following my stay to thank me for my custom . |
| 7 | Perhaps you think it 's foolish of me to want just a ‘ good morning ’ , but you have never loved a beautiful woman like yourself , as I do . ’ |
| 8 | To see that this is the case , annotate each term below to say whether it belongs to the typical register of the birthday card or the register of the legal contract ( even if you have never seen a legal contract you can probably do this ) . |
| 9 | I have never seen a male manager in tears . |
| 10 | THE ALL BLACKS begin the Irish leg of their 13-match tour at Lansdowne Road today against Leinster , who have never beaten a major touring side . |
| 11 | ‘ I have never done a romantic film before . |
| 12 | There are out there people of thirty plus who have never known a Labour government , who only know what they see and read . |
| 13 | ‘ I have never known a patient wait for 10 hours for an ambulance for an inter-hospital transfer — and I hope never to know it again , ’ she said . |
| 14 | The club have never had a better side . |
| 15 | I 've had my dreams , and I do feel that , if you have never had a close relationship with somebody , something in you dries up … goes dead , one might say . |
| 16 | Most ordinary shareholders have never had a total remuneration package and have never been part of a performance-related bonus scheme . |
| 17 | ‘ I have never had a serious girlfriend . |
| 18 | An occasional past thought recurred : New Zealand have never had a great combination of fast bowlers to rank near the likes of Lindwall and Miller , Hall and Griffith , Larwood and Voce . |
| 19 | It is partly because of that false economics that the Conservatives have never had a regional policy . |
| 20 | I have never had a tougher day in my life , of physical effort and exertion . ’ |
| 21 | It did n't occur to the purchaser of the pure cotton Live Aid souvenir tee-shirt to ponder the fact that the Sudan provides a huge amount of the raw cotton demanded by the cheap tee-shirt industry , yet millions of Sudanese citizens have never had a square meal in their lives . |
| 22 | Lizzie says : ‘ I have 20 years ’ experience and have never had a single complaint . ’ |
| 23 | Skilful lobbying has meant that its place has been taken by wrestling on the curious promise that there will be both a men 's and women 's competition in 1994 even though women have never established a real presence in freestyle wrestling as they have in judo . |
| 24 | Some violence is , of course , sheer unadulterated sadism with an accompanying orgiastic delight in hurting and remember that we all have a sadistic capacity and there are not many people so out of touch with the darker , deeper aspects of their human nature that they have never indulged a sadistic fantasy . |
| 25 | I have never encountered a better-run theatre . |
| 26 | The term is used advisedly , for I have never encountered a feminine trencherperson whose curves could easily expand to accommodate a second helping . |