Example sentences of "never had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've never had to perform this operation . |
| 2 | She has never had to advertise any of her products because ‘ the shops and the product are the best advertisement ’ . |
| 3 | So , I appologise for the excessive size of this one ; - } } ( I 've never had to say that before ) but I have decided not to compress them . |
| 4 | I had never had to do love scenes and neither had Kylie . |
| 5 | Well I 've never had to do that . |
| 6 | Well of course he 's never had to do anything for himself . |
| 7 | I 've never had to arrange a funeral before . ’ |
| 8 | Though this may sound childish — and I was in fact childish in many ways , as young women are who have never had to shift for themselves but have always had someone to stand between them and the world — it did , in fact , help me to behave better to Nonni , who was not stupid at all in matters of feeling , and easy to hurt . |
| 9 | But I 've never had to use them . |
| 10 | even if I 've never had to use it much |
| 11 | Potter says this approach has been satisfactory , although he would not say how many times the company had used it , but Psion has never had to take a case to court . |
| 12 | On the occasions I have played this course as the guest of a member , I have never had to queue to start play , and have rarely even seen other players on the course . |
| 13 | His dress was austere enough , but rich and ample , and worn with an authority that comes only by birth , and his movements had the unmistakable quality of nobility , the absolute conviction of one who has never had to hesitate or use caution and humility in order to placate his betters . |
| 14 | Touch wood , I 've never had to dope him on the lorry . |
| 15 | In practice it has never had to invoke this law . |
| 16 | And certainly she 'd never had to swim in these conditions . |
| 17 | I 'd never had to live like that before . |
| 18 | I had never had to argue that as a woman I should have an education , become a theologian , own a house , or anything else . |
| 19 | Yeah , it 's like you could actually , I mean once my mum had pointed it out , I 'd never had noticed , but you walked into the bathroom and you thought , yeah , |
| 20 | ‘ I 've never had to call him out , I do n't know what he 's like . |
| 21 | Er I have never had to go solely on my own so to speak . |
| 22 | Yeah well it probably will be cos but it I mean they 've never had to go to that extension have they ? |
| 23 | The most common culinary crises were narrowed down to : seduction cuisine — how to cook a romantic dinner to impress ; budget cuisine , coronary cuisine , comfort cuisine — for those not feeling on top of the world ; spoil yourself cuisine — for anyone on their own ; student cuisine ; survival cuisine — for those who 've never had to cook for themselves before ; sports cuisine — for those needing a carbohydrate boost before a sporting activity ; trim cuisine — for cooks wanting to entertain but still stick to a diet ; creep cuisine — to impress the boss ; and finally , oat cuisine — for vegetarians , of course ! |
| 24 | ‘ I 've never had to cook in my life before , ’ she muttered . |
| 25 | Until now he had never had to court the approval of the political elite , because his monopoly of legitimacy had made him irreplaceable . |
| 26 | Remarkably , Mr McGovern has never had to sell equity in his firm to outside investors , though he has given away nearly 30% to motivate employees . |
| 27 | ‘ The art world has never had to deal with that populist level , ’ he continues — we 've obviously broached one of his favourite topics . |
| 28 | These men who , with their fists , knocked others insensible , the art of doing so having been passed down as a necessary part of their growing up , had evidently never had to deal with a fainting female before ; and when the big , fat , enormous-breasted woman came into the kitchen , bawling , ‘ What the hell d' you think you 're at ! |
| 29 | West Mercia police have never had to deal with this before but other forces have . |
| 30 | The Faroese ( well , most of them ) maintain that those who oppose their traditional ways are people who have never had to hunt and kill to survive , who are happy to let other people ‘ do the dirty work ’ and to buy their meat ready-packaged from a supermarket ; that whale- and bird-hunting are community activities which help foster a ‘ community spirit ’ and that the birds and animals are all used for human food . |