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Example sentences of "never have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	You know she never has liked village people , and she 's always had rather a squashing way towards kids .
2	I had never had to do love scenes and neither had Kylie .
3	Remarkably , Mr McGovern has never had to sell equity in his firm to outside investors , though he has given away nearly 30% to motivate employees .
4	You 've never had to eat fire to get
5	And remember , if you 've never had to pay charges before and you do n't pay them now , then probably nothing has changed for you — except perhaps , that you 're better informed .
6	I talk about the but there we go again , where 's my little drawing again , that was one of the jobs we 'd never have done muck-spreading .
7	He sister Julie , said : ‘ They would never have realised Susan was depressed .
8	believes lifeguards should never have to save lives — if they are doing their job properly .
9	‘ Knowing Phillip and Arthur , they would never have tolerated fools gladly and Meli was certainly up to scratch intellectually — although towards the end , she was very frail . ’
10	‘ Without Chapman it is more than probable that his great natural gifts would never have achieved realization . ’
11	‘ Well , we 'd never have called France ‘ gallant ’ , I can tell you .
12	I 'd have found some boring ordinary job and paid off the cops and you 'd have your new crystal and I 'd never have met Marco and his pals and I 'd be a happier woman today .
13	Otherwise , he 'd never have met Florence Ames .
14	Dorothy Sayers may never have met Tolkien , though she knew Charles Williams and had been profoundly stirred , as a translator of Dante , by his Figure of Beatrice ( 1943 ) .
15	If it had n't been for the Yeti , I 'd never have met Malcolm McLaren or Johnie Rotten .
16	Had Mountbatten lived , Diana may never have become Princess of Wales
17	As a Republican , a Primitive Baptist preacher and a self-described ‘ dumb farm boy ’ , Mr Hunt should never have become governor .
18	If Siward had been strong , Harold of Wessex would never have sent Malcolm to him .
19	But for Arab compasses , navigational aids , instruments and charts , Columbus would never have discovered America .
20	I should never have extended credit to you then , and I wo n't do it again .
21	She might never have ironed shirts , but she too had once upon a time brought Jacob little surprises , little presents .
22	You married below yourself , DeVore thought at once , knowing that Sung would never have made Field Supervisor without such a woman to push him from behind .
23	And I told Heathcliff to his face that he could never have made Catherine happy , if she had been his wife .
24	Hells bells , I should never have quit abstinence .
25	Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ?
26	Only then did she see that she should never have accepted Ven 's invitation .
27	What good was this love that she should never have given birth to ?
28	Though he may never have visited Leighton , he raised a considerable sum of money to repair the church .
29	Winifred with a dead bird , Mrs. Jordan wanting her daily orders , even a fit of coughing — if any of these had happened at the right moment , she would never have invited Sarah on this visit .
30	He would never have recognized Cinzia Miletti if she had n't approached him , for she was virtually in disguise : a silk scarf entirely covering her hair , dark glasses and a long tweed coat buttoned right up to the chin .