Example sentences of "'ve never [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've never wanted to be a jobbing presenter , ’ reveals Muriel , 32 , who lives in Edinburgh . |
| 2 | I 've never wanted to . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've never seen the Lad of the Skins … well , I 've never wanted to . |
| 4 | But we love Thomas desperately and we 've never wanted to be without him . |
| 5 | But I 've never wanted to be a spy . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've never wanted to be behind a microphone , though , have you ? |
| 7 | And I 've never wanted to be . |
| 8 | Erm I 've never turned to stealing . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never pretended to be any such thing . ’ |
| 10 | To tell you the truth Brenda , I 'm very sorry for her because I think that she and Ned have made a really a quite ferocious mess of their life , they 've never intended to be slaving away to be doing kitchen fitting , he wanted to do wood sculpture that was he 's idea in |
| 11 | I 'll feel good inside me 'cos she should n't dare to talk to me like that 'cos I 've never said to 'er noffink like that , you know . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've never claimed to be a punk rocker , I 've just claimed to have liked punk rock music . |
| 13 | I 've never claimed much ; I 've never claimed to be a great original ; my life has been a series of accidents with me just sort of helping along . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've never claimed to be an artist , ’ she said coolly , ‘ simply an amateur painter , and therefore you 'd find my opinion very uninformed … |
| 15 | ‘ I 've never learned to . |
| 16 | I 've never spoken to her myself but I know Angela had found it necessary to get her solicitor to write . ’ |
| 17 | Do n't know , I 've never spoken to him at all , do n't know |
| 18 | He is , I 've seen him but I 've ne I do n't , I 've never , like I 've never spoken to him |
| 19 | So I 've never belonged to any physical set . |
| 20 | I 've never belonged to anyone , you see . |
| 21 | I mean I 've never talked to them so I I do n't know yet |
| 22 | Yeah that was so , it was fucking random , I 've never talked to him in my entire life , I ended up , after we all left , talking to him for so long |
| 23 | None of the others were ever more than friendly acquaintances and frankly , I 've never taken to Fagg . |
| 24 | In these hard and unforgiving times , some people have struggled as they 've never had to before . |
| 25 | ‘ As you said yourself , Miss Lea — I 've never had to . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've never lied to you , Mariana . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Then I 've never wished to be captured , ’ she returned bluntly . |
| 28 | I 've never subscribed to the deification of Nick cave and still do n't subscribe to the theory that says ‘ difficult ’ or ‘ dark ’ music is somehow better than squeaky-clean pop , but ‘ The Mercy Seat ’ and ‘ The Good Son ’ automatically establish a tone of commanding bleakness , Cave scuttling the stage like a wretch possessed and the band striking bunslinger poses . |
| 29 | We 've never tried to — what was the word ? — communicate with them before . |
| 30 | I 'm like , ‘ I know who he is but I 've never listened to him . ’ |