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Example sentences of "[modal v] never have [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Indeed , you should never have a window half open and leave the dog inside , effectively guarding the car .
2	And the way things were it might never have a name or a life of its own .
3	England until almost the 1850s , when sometimes labouring men , particularly in country districts , might never have a fire in their hearths or taste meat all week , and faced death if they trapped a rabbit on the local lord-of-the-manor 's land .
4	But he 'll never have a mortgage .
5	But you 'll never have the strength to send me away — you 're so weak , Bob , that it embarrasses me — and in the end the job will fall to me ; I shall have to send myself away .
6	‘ You 'll never have the club , and you 'll never have me .
7	‘ There 's something I need to say to you , Dad , and I 'll never have the courage to do it face to face .
8	‘ The new owner of the Enderley estate is a hard man , or he 'd never have the heart to turn her out , even if he does want her cottage for a gamekeeper .
9	Say she had a win on the bingo and sent me my fare — God knows she 'd never have the money else .
10	As one officer said to Levi : ‘ If we nicked everybody we thought might have done a long-firm , we 'd never finish our paperwork , the cases might never come to court , and if they did , they 'd never have the room to try them . ’
11	I heard Claire Rayner say what a good thing it was we were n't immortal because , without the ultimate threat of death , we 'd never have the impetus to use life fully .
12	I do n't know why I should be ; it was quite a reasonable assumption and I ca n't begin to imagine how anyone would dare to whip two manuscripts like that out of sight — I 'd never have the nerve .
13	Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child .
14	Some had lost faith in their marriage , some in hope for promotion , some on discovering that they would never have a child .
15	Perhaps she would never have a child .
16	The doctors told me I would never have a child of my own .
17	He took it all for granted , and would never have a clue just how blessed he was .
18	She would never have a confrontation but she would get things done her way .
19	She had always promised herself she would never have an affair with a married man .
20	It had occurred to her that by devoting her life to her work she would never have the chance to look after her own babies , and her thoughts turned once more to the young man with the dark wavy hair and the expressive blue eyes .
21	I would never have the chance of an adventure like this again .
22	as if we would never have the time to say all the things we needed to say to each other .
23	I knew I would never have the courage to go and ask for my job back after the baby was born , even if circumstances allowed it ; it would soon be filled again , and it 's always horrible to go back to a place where you 've been happy in your own little niche and find somebody else in it .
24	Less than one month after she and David were married , and knowing that he himself would never have the courage to ask , Beth had gone to Luther Reynolds with a certain proposition .
25	We shall never have a moment 's peace ! ’
26	Now I know I shall never have the skill .
27	Some people just have , some people will will never have a need for a carrying service .
28	‘ And one thing 's for sure , ’ she continued in her big voice , ‘ your mother will never have a cough . ’
29	One of the great regrets , I am sure , of all hon. Members is that because the hon. Gentleman has chosen to leave us at the next election he will never have the opportunity to be a junior Minister .
30	A horse that has been abused , intimidated , and broken will never have the pride , self-esteem , and affection for its owner which can make a good horse into a great one .