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

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1 I am entirely convinced that Joseph Kosuth has never seen work by Claudio Parmiggiani either actually or in reproduction .
2 Lou has never seen love as a sufficient motive for anyone doing anything , which , when it comes to it , I daresay is why I left .
3 This is because government has never lost sight of the primacy of production , and has been able to avoid excessive borrowing to pay for it — in Cameroun because of the availability of oil , and in Kenya as a result of the low-key transfer of assets into African hands without any disruption in production .
4 But John Gittins has never lost sight of the fact that man must work in harmony with nature .
5 Despite his prolific output , author/illustrator Eric Carle has never lost touch with what it feels to be force-fed unsuitable books .
6 Morris , it seems , has never forgiven Karajan for this piece of seeming musical dissimulation which he evidently regarded , and still regards , as a moral outrage .
7 ‘ Those are officers , although my son has never commanded men in battle .
8 My wife has never laid claim to medical knowledge , Mrs Quigly …
9 ‘ He has never set foot in Israel and yet claims to be an expert in Israeli affairs .
10 ‘ We are both like cheap wine — we do n't travel well , ’ explains Peter , who to this day has never set foot in America , let alone Hollywood .
11 THE first Essex Senior Cup final , in 1884 , saw Colchester beat Braintree 3–1 but the garrison town has never set eyes on Signor Fattorini 's masterpiece since .
12 Firstly NUPE has never had difficulty with Northumberland County Council getting time off for anyone .
13 This is now part of the Roman Catholic rite , which has never had problems of rampant tuberculosis because of the cup .
14 " This nation has never found glory in war …
15 She has never taken drugs in her life .
16 The World Cup has never taken place in Oslo ( see altitude training ) .
17 ‘ I 'd never clapped eyes on the guy before , ’ said a stunned Foulds .
18 ‘ I 'd never clapped eyes on the guy before , ’ said a stunned Foulds .
19 This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ?
20 She 'd never seen swings like them before or since — wooden boats painted bright yellow with curlicues of red and green , where two of you sat facing each other and pulled alternately on ropes to swing yourselves higher and higher .
21 The birds were n't anything he knew and he 'd never seen toadstools like that with spots on .
22 I 'd never seen Paula in , in glasses , ever , other than in photographs
23 I 'd never met people like this before and really did not know what to make of them .
24 He 'd never felt skin like that , velvet skin , warm and slippery skin that absorbed him into her .
25 yeah , I could n't believe it I mean you go back five years he 'd never done things like that , he erm , missed the most easiest reds and left it right over the pocket and then Stephen Hendry went on and cleared up the whole frame , got a break of over a hundred
26 No matter how tedious she was in other ways , he had always assumed that it was n't in her nature to be coarse , and certainly she 'd never displayed evidence of the inclination .
27 She 'd never imagined Steve to be the marrying sort but …
28 I 'd never eaten breakfast on weekdays before , and I used to be starving by lunch-time and pig out .
29 He could be right too , but I 'd never laid eyes on her .
30 Funny thing , I felt close to Connie , yet I 'd never laid eyes on her .
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