Example sentences of "have never [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has scented higher things — England ‘ B ’ v Pakistan and 12th man for the real McCoy against India , both in 1982 , his first full season — and if the aroma has never led to mouthfuls of fame ( due in part to a perceived shortage of confidence against high pace in his formative years ) he has been a staunch servant through thick and thin . |
| 2 | The legislature has never had occasion to speak on this matter , and the issue has never come to court . |
| 3 | Besides , I 'd never taken to Agnes . |
| 4 | She 'd never resorted to violence in her life , but suddenly the thought of landing a punch square on that granite jaw was enormously appealing . |
| 5 | None of the others were ever more than friendly acquaintances and frankly , I 've never taken to Fagg . |
| 6 | It might have been true once — and she was glad now that she had never succumbed to Hugh 's importuning . |
| 7 | From a lonely boyhood to being left for dead in some alley , he had never looked to others for strength . |
| 8 | Eddie had been dead ten long years , a life so abruptly terminated that she had never come to terms with it . |
| 9 | It had never occurred to Joni that on the cross Jesus was unable to move , virtually paralysed . |
| 10 | It had never occurred to Howarth that the six senior staff sitting awkwardly around his table in the candlelight , unmellowed even by the wine , would see the whole occasion as an elaborate gastronomic charade designed to demonstrate his social and intellectual superiority . |
| 11 | Getting to the tenant situation I have never dictated to tenants . |