Example sentences of "[pers pn] never have [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ Because I was injured in my first game for Villa and then kept breaking down in training , I never had the chance to get sharp and readjust to the speed of the English game .
32 ‘ Because I was injured in my first game for Villa and then kept breaking down in training , I never had the chance to get sharp and readjust to the speed of the English game .
33 I never had the hit with ‘ What Kind Of Fool Am I ? ’
34 ‘ You know , there were many things I wanted to do , but I never had the time for them .
35 I never had the time , even if I 'd wanted to take it up .
36 I never had the training you did . ’
37 I never have a bed in my office , fella .
38 By the time I get I get kids something each I never have a lot left I was only saying that with one thing and another and and I said there she is worrying about her Caroline worrying about she 's going to manage .
39 I never have no time off anyway .
40 Then the weather got cold and I must 've realized it was nice havin' warm feet 'cos Mam said she never had no trouble with me after that .
41 She never had a chance to grow up , either . ’
42 She never had a career as such .
43 Probably because she never had a father at home to look up to — ’ She broke off , biting her lip , knowing she was saying too much and ashamed at her loquacity .
44 I have seen many cartoons of American grandmothers in rocking chairs on their front porches and am always reminded of Mrs. Burden , although she never had a clay pipe in her mouth .
45 The launch of the Agatha Christie Society will put an end to one of her biggest mysteries — why she never had a fan club .
46 Jan has no opinion of her daughter May as a mother , and besides , she 's decided May should have a career , since she never had the chance herself She arrived with Darren in the middle of a meeting .
47 You can sue the professionals — builders , architects , surveyors or engineers — by courtesy of the Defective Premises Act 1972 , despite the fact that you never had a contract with them yourself .
48 You never had a rival . ’
49 Mm , you never had a guide dog ?
50 " You never had a mother , did you , John . "
51 You never had a mother . ’
52 You never had a mother .
53 So you never had a lot to come home with .
54 You never had the chance to ask — ; the slaves , the chain gang , the artists who got burned out making entertainment for you and looking real pretty for you , taking Whitey 's junk , the white pigs ’ white junk .
55 Again you , you never felt that you were , because you were doing that , you never had the feeling that perhaps you were becoming too much a part of management rather than er simply representing work or did you simply see it as part of your , your job to look after the incentive scheme in that way because it did er that was a part of representing the workforce ?
56 ‘ How is it you never had a child for Durkin ?
57 In his Geordie tones he replied : ‘ Wha-ay man … have you never had an epic before ?
58 We never had a we never had a reaper on on Greenspot .
59 And er erm Eileen said then she said we never had a warning then did we ?
60 According to Rex , we never had a chance of negotiating the bend , let alone stopping , given how fast we were travelling .
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