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

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1 He has never asked for any favours and , on the field , he 's never given any either .
2 She has never cared for a disabled person before , but there is a natural love and empathy between them : she hugs Elaine a lot and they are very close .
3 Which of the following has NEVER stood for Parliament : Eric Morley , Jonathan King , Pamela Stephenson , Ben Elton ?
4 The Osaka-based businessman has never paid for Daum and Galle glassware , nearly 75% of the total of a sale which Tajan held at the Hotel Okura on 20 November 1990 .
5 The alternative , which revolves around the controlled clogging of one filter so that it begins the anaerobic denitrification process while the other handles aerobic filtration ( the 15/30 method referring to the day of the month when each filter must be alternatively cleaned ) , has never worked for us .
6 She 'd never asked for nor expected pity .
7 ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back .
8 ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’
9 But he 'd never known for certain and still did n't know now .
10 I 've never wanted for anything
11 Seawitch is obviously very special to you , and I 've never crewed for a world-famous yachtsman before . ’
12 A nurse rushes forward tut-tut — tutting , and in the confusion , people bending over and so on , I somehow knock over Stewpid 's orange juice , distributing it quite evenly over him , the nurse and the bed , to say nothing of the chocs , which I 've never cared for much anyway .
13 ‘ Old people bringing something out of the attic they 've never cared for , and then seeing it fetch thousands of pounds at auction .
14 ‘ I 've never cared for being one of the crowd , ’ he said softly .
15 No I 've never campaigned for that , and I 've never supported it in that sense .
16 Sex : ‘ I 've never paid for it in my life , although I have gambled for it .
17 ‘ I — well , I 've never paid for it before . ’
18 Perhaps I would n't want to do it before an audience but then I 've never performed for others .
19 Of course , I 've never worked for McLaren ( even though , judging by its participation in F1 diplomacy , the team only deserves an RV8 engine to play with next season ) .
20 Now , I ca n't sing — I 've never sung for anyone , I just ca n't do it .
21 She had gazed petulantly at a mantelpiece empty of deckle-edged cards , remembering the time when she had never wanted for an escort or a party .
22 Campion Price had never cared for the emotional welfare of his wife — let alone his daughters !
23 She wondered why Seb had never fallen for her .
24 Surprising , but almost certainly true ; those few moments at the end of a chaotic evening had never called for names .
25 Claiming that the Budget measures were wholly inadequate to deal with Britain 's jobs crisis , he reminded Mr Lamont of his often-quoted comment that unemployment was a price ‘ well worth paying ’ to get inflation down and said the Chancellor had never apologised for it .
26 MI5 had never asked for permission to have a stall .
27 So , in Howard v. Harris , where a playwright sent the manuscript of a play to a theatrical producer who had never asked for it and who lost it , the producer was held not liable .
28 Clasper was soon hauled out of the water by the forces of law and order , something he had never bargained for in a lifetime 's fight against them .
29 Suddenly there was work for everybody and the deaf community took full advantage of this change of climate , as reported in the 1944 annual report : The effect of the war on industry has given the deaf and dumb opportunities such as they had never enjoyed for many years and it is with great pleasure that the committee places on record the excellent work the deaf Have done .
30 It scared her , but as she glanced secretly across at the face she had never forgotten for one moment she realised she was more excited than scared .
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