Example sentences of "[pron] never had [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ All my school life , I was under the impression I was not completely stupid but pretty dumb so I never had that oomph . |
2 | I never I never had that feeling . |
3 | I was born wi I never had much hair . |
4 | And I mean there are lots of things now er which er how can I say I never had much interest before erm never thought th that they when you 've seen the help in hand they 've dished out erm , S D P , the erm oh the Council of Churches which you know never There are all sorts of erm I tell you another people and erm I sha the Gay and Lesbian Society you know , people take them er lightly but er it makes you sit up and and think now . |
5 | ‘ I never had much time for him when he was young , but I never guessed he 'd do anything as rotten as this ! ’ |
6 | I never had another bite . |
7 | It was when he attempted to argue , ‘ I would n't be bothered if I never had another ride in the National , ’ that he began to give himself away . |
8 | ‘ I knew he was on the take , but I never had enough evidence to show Hamilton . |
9 | I 've had tons of guitars , but never at the same time — I never had enough money to have them all at once . ’ |
10 | I never had enough time to spare for my wife , let alone other women — even if I 'd been so inclined , which I was not . ’ |
11 | The acid test was when I told him why I never had any money to spend , but he was very understanding . |
12 | I never had any money to buy her the things she wanted . ’ |
13 | I never had any money erm that would help me to get off benefit , I was caught in the benefit trap and now I 've been able to get a part time job , my husba ex-husband 's paying a reasonable amount and my children are better off . |
14 | After that I never had any illness . |
15 | About nationalisation I never had any doubt . |
16 | ‘ I never had any fight with you , Luke . |
17 | I never had any education since I was fourteen so I used the very simplest things when I find the very simple things can do very complicated jobs . |
18 | And I never had any problem at all when I was there but some of the keepers had . |
19 | Erm , I never had any idea as to what I might do when I left school , in fact erm , apart from basket making and er one or two manual skills of that sort erm , there was n't much available . |
20 | I never met him and , after what I heard about him , I never had any ambition so to do . |
21 | I never had any practice at anything or , and I should imagine they did , I do n't know , I do n't know how it worked |
22 | ‘ But I never had any inkling that something like this would happen . ’ |
23 | I wrote to Mr. Andrew there , but I do n't know if he ever got the letter , for I never had any answer . |
24 | After the match in Boston , Massachusetts , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It was always a match over which I never had any control . |
25 | Graham Taylor : I never had any control |
26 | " I never had any pocket money , he spent it all . |
27 | I never had any intention of remaining here , though I have grown to love it . ’ |
28 | But I never had any terror of the dark , and was not like Shakespeare 's man , ‘ in the night , imagining some fear , How easy is a bush supposed a bear … ’ |
29 | ‘ I never had any trouble with George . |
30 | Oppressive parents , over-close siblings and a stifling family atmosphere were regarded , for example , as causative factors in schizophrenia , and relatives — rightly — deeply resented a theory which never had any foundation in hard research evidence . |