Example sentences of "'d never [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd never seen a boy so thin and pale-looking . |
| 2 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 3 | Anyone would think you 'd never seen a chocolate before ! |
| 4 | He also agreed he 'd never seen a skull fracture caused by a blow to the nose . |
| 5 | I 'd never seen a weapon like that before — only military rifles . |
| 6 | Anyone would think he 'd never seen a Kobold before . |
| 7 | She 'd never experienced anything like this in her life before — she 'd never met a man who had made any real , lasting impression on her . |
| 8 | He 'd never met a woman who made him feel that way , and , let's face it , he was n't getting any younger . |
| 9 | Anderton said : ‘ I 'd never scored a hat-trick as a professional , so it was a great feeling . ’ |
| 10 | Many actors would not have accepted me — after all I 'd never made a film before . |
| 11 | ‘ But it was mostly the other thing , that he 'd had to sweat all his life and she 'd never done a hand 's turn . |
| 12 | I I and she 'd never said a word ! |
| 13 | ( HARRIET ) The author 's an ex-army captain who 'd never written a word before , but his first novel is set to make him millions . |
| 14 | what he was getting , because he 'd never given a thought to the people he was erm , burgling . |
| 15 | I would be responsible for sound , second-unit camera , and most of the stills — although I 'd never operated a movie-camera or tape-recorder in my life . |
| 16 | I 'd never ridden a bike , hardly , before . |
| 17 | Before ‘ Do Re Me ’ , you 'd never taken a single from an album . |
| 18 | ‘ He 'd never taken a woman on any of his expeditions before , so I nagged him for about a week and used all my female charm . |
| 19 | She 'd never spanked a man in cold blood before . |
| 20 | That 's right , that 's right , I , I tend to keep my watch to the minute if I possibly can , but that 's bad habit or really habit from the days when I was catching trains every day , and I 'd never caught a train with any time to spare , erm |
| 21 | Maybe he 'd never used a knife and fork . |
| 22 | I 'd never driven a van in my life but I managed to drive it from the East End to the West End , which I found a feat , and then I finally drove it up to Cumberland in the snow which was even more of a feat . |
| 23 | He 'd never started a fight in his life . |
| 24 | ‘ You said you 'd never forced a woman , ’ she spat savagely , painfully aware of the way her breasts were jutting against him . |
| 25 | He 'd never had a name as a chaser and I could n't imagine him picking a time like this to start . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She 'd never had a day 's illness in her life , but Timothy 's future was beginning to prey on her mind . |
| 28 | I 'd never had a holiday till I was twenty-five ! |
| 29 | He 'd never had a passport anyway . |
| 30 | Now we 'd never had a problem before with high conductivity . |