Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd never had a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never had a holiday till I was twenty-five ! |
| 2 | Now my twenty first birthday I 'd never had a copper for weeks , w e had n't got anything , anything at all , and all we got really was the old fashioned dog biscuits . |
| 3 | Anyone 'd think I 'd never had a baby before . ’ |
| 4 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 5 | I 'd never had a woman when I married Bella . |
| 6 | I 'd never had a lover before , I have no comparison , ’ she said shortly . |
| 7 | She 'd never had a day 's illness in her life , but Timothy 's future was beginning to prey on her mind . |
| 8 | She 'd never had a weight problem , of course , but she must have lost a few pounds over the past few days , because the waistband of the shorts she was wearing this morning — which she had purchased in New York only last Saturday — was already far looser than it had been . |
| 9 | Now we 'd never had a problem before with high conductivity . |
| 10 | This word was said in such a way , and accompanied by a look , that told the woman behind the counter that she did n't know her business , because they 'd never had a pennorth of tiger nuts . |
| 11 | There were thousands of paparazzi and fans because they 'd never had a world premiere in Houston before . |
| 12 | They 'd never had a Christmas day quite like that before . |
| 13 | He 'd never had a call from William at work before . |
| 14 | He 'd never had a name as a chaser and I could n't imagine him picking a time like this to start . |
| 15 | He 'd never had a passport anyway . |