Example sentences of "have never [verb] my " in BNC.
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1 | Pete has never touched my hair in my life and there was some downstairs in that bathroom downstairs and I thought hey that looks a bit of fun , I 'll have a go at that and erm and I was outside and I took my hair down , I 'd just washed it and I said oh look , you know , I used this hair thickening shampoo do you think it looks thicker , as a joke , and he goes yeah it does actually , yeah it really does . |
2 | That night I cried so much — I never felt so far away from anything I knew and I 'd never missed my mother so much in my life . |
3 | He put up some token resistance : he 'd never had my advantages , it was time I got down to some hard work , and so on . |
4 | She had once heard one of her brothers say , ‘ I 've never seen my poor old bird look so tatty . ’ |
5 | ‘ You 've never met my sister Kate , have you ? ’ |
6 | I did n't know that they could , but I 'd always sworn to her that I would never involve her in any way and I 've never broken my word . |
7 | I 've never lost my belief in myself . |
8 | I 've never discussed my family with David Fairfax . |
9 | It may seem that I 've never taken my title seriously , but below the skin I have great respect for it , and for this house too and the men who have gone before me who made it . |
10 | I 've never been in any factory in my life , working nights , I have been in many , but I 've never found my fellow men very sociable on the night shift . |
11 | I 've never had my place searched before . ’ |
12 | The woman was definitely shocked , and by the fact that I 've never bathed my child . |
13 | The fact that I had never seen my aunt looking so elegant added to my impression that I was imagining this . |
14 | I had never liked my body . |
15 | I had never asked my guide but if I had I am sure he would have answered , ‘ Machu Picchu — mi madre . ’ |
16 | It had never crossed my mind that Sunderland would be prepared to part with me so easily . ’ |
17 | I exclaimed , looking , sounding , and in fact feeling as if the idea had never crossed my mind . |
18 | He came back and used another word I knew of course but had never heard my father , or any adult , say before . |
19 | They had never come my way . |
20 | ‘ The idea had never entered my head ! |
21 | They had stolen my good oilskins , but the thieves had never found my small stash of money which had been hidden in a redundant sea-cock , nor had they found the old Webley.455 revolver that I had hidden deep in Masquerade 's bilges . |
22 | True , the religious believed that death was only physical ; but I had never allowed my instinctive religious feelings to come to the surface . |
23 | He had never brought my parents joy or pride , as Carl , or for that matter ( to varying degree ) my other brothers . |
24 | He had never used my name previously . |
25 | ‘ Though you have never met my daughter , the Princess Mary . ’ |
26 | I 've bought Smiths records but they have never altered my way of thinking . |
27 | Owing to such nice folk , warm and kindly , I have never lost my faith in humanity . |
28 | Says Lee : ‘ I have never lost my affection for Manchester City where I spent so many happy years during the club 's successful period , and like so many others I have been disturbed by the events of the last few weeks . ’ |
29 | I have never questioned my sexuality . |
30 | I have never seen my friend look more surprised . |