Example sentences of "'ve never [vb pp] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've never heard a speed-thrash organ pop LP called ‘ Life ’ , never experienced ‘ The Beast Inside ’ 's prog rock excesses and never drifted off to the gorgeous pop of ‘ This Is How It Feels ’ . |
| 2 | Perhaps perversely I have nothing but admiration for the high-wire acrobatics of Mady Mesplé in ‘ Diapiacer mi balza il cor ’ from Magpie , but then , I 've never heard a complete version of this opera , ‘ authentic ’ or otherwise . |
| 3 | Not the place to leap on if you 've never heard a single GOR song , but the dedicated and the brave newcomer will find much on ‘ Too Much Fun ’ to fall in love with . |
| 4 | I 've never attended an international conference in my life . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've never ducked a good fight in my life , it 's personal between us and I would love to fight him . ’ |
| 6 | But of course , ’ his tone flayed like a whip , ‘ you 've never done a dishonest thing in your life . ’ |
| 7 | I wailed to Chris and Nick as a BBC producer bundled me up the stairs ‘ I 've never done a live interview before … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've never seen a real cow , ’ he said to himself . |
| 9 | Rumour has it he 's getting wilder and wilder as time goes on — and I 've never seen a wild man before . |
| 10 | ‘ You know I 've never seen a dead body before , ’ Laura murmured . |
| 11 | The crunch is money — and I 've never met a rich man or woman yet who did n't have wonderfully imaginative , sophisticated , ways to justify hoarding yet a little more and a little more . |
| 12 | ‘ And I 've never met an electronic sailor . |
| 13 | No , I 've never used an extra window . |
| 14 | More than half of women questioned by Gallup said they never wore make-up , and nine out of 10 claimed they 've never owned a padded bra . |
| 15 | Many people see the penis as a joke ; although I 've never got a great deal of amusement out of mine . |
| 16 | I 've never found a satisfactory place for it . |
| 17 | But I 've never had a psychical experience in my life . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I bet you 've never had a real boyfriend in your life , have you ? |
| 19 | ‘ I 've never had a good experience of a boss with a short upper lip , ’ said Fred . |
| 20 | It could be a car , like we 've just said , but then again , I 've never had a new car , it could be , are you with me . |
| 21 | Let's say , let's say , let's say that Graham , who 's a bigger hitter than me , and got more influence , and more influential client bank than me , his idea of a new car is a new X J S , a nice Jag , me , my dream car , I 've never had a new car , is a nice Lada soft-top coupe , with G T X heated rear window , Okay . |
| 22 | And he added : ‘ I 've never had a broken toe before but Ian Botham will tell me I 'm a big softie if I 'm not playing by the middle of next month . |
| 23 | I 've never had a lesbian relationship and I 've had lots of boyfriends . |
| 24 | We 've never had a big dog before , but we thought in these violent days it might protect us . ’ |
| 25 | In the whole time that the kids have been going away we 've never had a single problem over religion and the biggest boost is that they actually want to meet each other again after the holiday , ’ she explained . |
| 26 | I 've never had an honorary degree before , in fact I come from a generation which found it difficult to get to university so I did n't have a degree of any kind |
| 27 | I mean I 've never needed a new licence for the last three and a half years but Nicholas erm prior to this in the countdown to me appearing for my drink drive which is in a matter of about ten weeks I believe in the countdown to that , Nick said on several o two occasions anyway while other members of staff were present , Well this is a way of getting rid of him without having to pay him redundancy money . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've never recommended an induced birth to a pregnant woman merely in order to fit in with my golfing schedule , ’ Matt said . |