Example sentences of "[pers pn] have never had " in BNC.

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1 It 's easier if it 's on the level ah side up cos it should I 've never had mine on the floor .
2 ‘ I have learned so many things I wish I 'd never had to learn .
3 I was impressed by her self-confidence ; I 'd never had one boyfriend , let alone as many as she 'd had .
4 But I 'd never had any problems with my periods , so when I finally decided to see a specialist , I was more curious than anything else . ’
5 Until then I 'd never had any intimation of what was being done nowadays in the field of biblical research , or of the attacks being launched by competent historians .
6 I 'd never had any trouble getting pregnant , ’ she says , ‘ And that had been my downfall in a way .
7 No , I mean , strangely enough that was one of the things that almost put me off the relationship in the first place because I 'd never had any desire to be a mother .
8 Anyone 'd think I 'd never had a baby before . ’
9 Erm uniform 's a great leveller , or a I I 'd never had such marvellous clothes .
10 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 .
11 And as she opened her legs I was flooded by thoughts and feelings I 'd never had before .
12 I 'd never had to live like that before .
13 Several times in fact , once on the tube train , twice on the ordinary trains , so it was n't the pictures that upset me — Doc Keylock had explained all that years ago , it 's all to do with the panting , what they call hyperventilation , causing a temporary malfunction in the brain — but I 'd never had anything as vivid as the memory I 'd just been through .
14 I 'd never had a woman when I married Bella .
15 Then , although I 'd never had any morning sickness , I began to feel pain after I 'd eaten . ’
16 But then you picked me up , and you made me your mission — and in spite of everything that I 'd lost , I gained something that I 'd never had before .
17 I 'd never had a lover before , I have no comparison , ’ she said shortly .
18 I 'd never had a holiday till I was twenty-five !
19 Erm , I had n't actually felt that violent , I 'd been having extremes of emotion all week erm , very high , very low , very very fearful , panic attacks which I 'd never had before in my life .
20 I 'd never had other children of my own and somehow she seemed very precious just then , but I never expected to see her .
21 I remember being given a box of fancy chocolates , the kind of thing I 'd never had before .
22 ‘ I knew as soon as I saw Damian that he was the son I 'd never had , and now he is my son , in a way , is n't he ? ’
23 You know I 'm , in some ways you know I 'm so glad I 've never had like well before you know it used to bother me that I 'd never had a long-term relationship and that
24 I tell you something I wish I 'd never had that cat round my back door .
25 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
26 so I 'd never had blokes in my class , it was really really weird
27 Yeah , it 's like you could actually , I mean once my mum had pointed it out , I 'd never had noticed , but you walked into the bathroom and you thought , yeah ,
28 The other week and I 'd never had it before but er I liked it .
29 I had never had to do love scenes and neither had Kylie .
30 I had never had such elevation before .
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