Example sentences of "[vb base] never had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But I 've never had a psychical experience in my life . ’
2 ‘ I bet you 've never had a real boyfriend in your life , have you ?
3 I 've never had a better incentive to hurry home .
4 ‘ I 've never had a better client , ’ she said then .
5 ‘ I 've never had a good experience of a boss with a short upper lip , ’ said Fred .
6 ‘ I 've never had a higher pulpit , ’ he said .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 I 've never had a lesbian relationship and I 've had lots of boyfriends .
11 We 've never had a big dog before , but we thought in these violent days it might protect us . ’
12 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 .
13 The club have never had a better side .
14 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 .
15 Most ordinary shareholders have never had a total remuneration package and have never been part of a performance-related bonus scheme .
16 ‘ I have never had a serious girlfriend .
17 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 .
18 It is partly because of that false economics that the Conservatives have never had a regional policy .
19 I have never had a tougher day in my life , of physical effort and exertion . ’
20 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 .
21 Lizzie says : ‘ I have 20 years ’ experience and have never had a single complaint . ’
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