Example sentences of "'ve never [adv] [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 I 've never yet met a claimant who could afford a television licence .
2 Yeah , I have worked all my life in various jobs and I 've never yet met a man who hated me nor have I hated any man , and I think there must be many women here who think the same thing .
3 I 've never yet met a child who did n't like chips
4 ‘ We do n't say it 's impossible for anybody to add new motivated abilities in later life , ’ he says , ‘ but in all our research we 've never yet seen a completely new direction emerge . ’
5 Again , this is a rule that can be broken , but I 've never yet seen a design with more than two needles tucking side by side .
6 I 've never yet known a coal face or a driveway closed because of too much dust .
7 I 've never intentionally hurt a woman in my life .
8 I 've never even fired a gun . ’
9 Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked .
10 ‘ I 've never even seen a creature like that in my life ! ’
11 Ricci , that 's bleeding horses — I 've never even seen a horse , dear , except with a policeman underneath or on My Friend Flicka , and I do n't care WHAT they wear at the wretched Olympics . ’
12 ‘ It is not that we do n't like banks , just , well , I 've never even had a personal overdraft . ’
13 ‘ What functions ? ’ has been the response ; a spokesman for Camden , the borough with the largest number of Grade II listed buildings after Westminster , says , ‘ We 've never even had a conservation policy ? ’
14 Futile pastime : memorising the Latin names of 150 fish species when they 've never even owned a goldfish .
15 ‘ I 've never before seen a rabbit with either a pocket , or a watch to take out of it , ’ she thought .
16 Yeah I mean we did insert actually in the Chairman 's statement a cautionary note about the credit announcement because two years ago we had a similar increase which in fact by the time we got to the end of the year had disappeared so we view it with a lot of caution is the answer if you ask me to be more precise I ca n't because we 've never really had a set of tax increases the like of which we face now any other questions ?
17 It 's very frustrating because I 've never never known a client who knew what his losses were .
18 What 's av We 've never ever bought a blind .
19 ‘ I have been around certain bands and been in bands and I 've never actually seen a groupie .
20 I 've never actually seen a horse until yesterday . ’
21 I 've seen the odd snip of it like on telly , but I 've never actually seen a programme .
22 ‘ I 've never actually ridden a horse before .
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