Example sentences of "i have never [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I was n't too keen on this cheek to cheek business , with men I 'd never seen before and did n't know the names of , but I kept on telling myself not to be standoffish and to relax a bit , but as for jiving — no , I could n't do that .
2 He even had on a collar and tie , which I 'd never seen before and which he would tug at every now and then as if it were too tight .
3 I 'd never suffered like that , not to the extent where tears were pouring down my face for no apparent reason .
4 I 'd never heard of it before in relation to dogs but our vet was wonderful .
5 ‘ I told you I 'd never heard of him . ’
6 I spent the night thankfully unaware of the marathon needlework going on in my chest and drifted back late in the morning to a mass of tubes and machines and techniques I 'd never heard of .
7 He played me a record of some Stockhausen , whom I 'd never heard of . ’
8 Well , I 'd never heard of Lloyd 's . ’
9 I 'd never heard of Eternity before , nor had anyone I knew .
10 I walked into this little club on the highway and I 'd never heard of them before , but there was this great , white blues band .
11 John , 39 , found the record haul while renovating a Liverpool house and dumped them ‘ because I 'd never heard of Larry Lurex ’ .
12 I 'd never heard of it before , yet it 's so easy to catch — I got it purely from food .
13 Because er as far as I 'd concerned I 'd never heard of air raids before hand you know , know I had n't and I was , as I say , I was only nine and a half I know but er , I did use to speak to a lot more people than most , er lads of that age did like , you know .
14 ‘ And , for your information , I 've long wished that I 'd never heard of you — or your wretched grandmother .
15 I 'd never heard of work till that moment , and there I was thinking of myself dressed in trousers and sitting at a desk with a ledger .
16 I 'd never heard of Knudsen until earlier this morning when I was somewhere over the North Sea on my way from England and I happened to open a magazine aimed at Nordic Airport passengers .
17 ‘ Well , I 'm certainly wishing I 'd never heard of the wretched letters , that 's for sure ! ’ she exclaimed , recovering her spirit .
18 I 'd never heard of Guillain-Barré Syndrome before .
19 I 'd never heard of it .
20 I 'D never heard of Mike Harding until I moved to Sedbergh , a little town not too far from Hawes , but a long way away from anywhere else .
21 Well er I 'd never heard of it .
22 I 'd never heard of it .
23 Well I 'd never heard of salt being put down before !
24 Oh , well she told me she was working , but I 'd never heard of , some sewing place , it must be in Wrexham .
25 Besides , I 'd never taken to Agnes .
26 I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life .
27 I 'd never spoken to one till we had Louise , you know , which is not fair on us normal people …
28 Rather like running the YMCA in fact , although I 'd never thought of it like that before .
29 Actually I 'd never thought of being an actress .
30 I 'd never thought of that , ’ replied Mcduff .
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