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

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1 Then , walking away in disgust , he said , ‘ I 've never come across such a disgraceful congregation in all the years I 've given burial services . ’
2 I 've never come across anything like this before .
3 it it 's very strange , I 've never come across
4 I 've never come across anyone who was so desperate that they really needed the things they took .
5 cos I 've never come across anything else !
6 No I do n't think you can on mine well I 've never come across
7 I 've no idea how they work , because I 've never come across them .
8 It 's just that some of these words say they , they might have used them , I mean I 've done the and the ones but I 've never come upon anyone that 's heard of the , the cant .
9 I have never come across anything like them again , although I have n't seen very many gardens .
10 I have never come across the problem of a horse licking the soil … although I have heard of eating droppings ( COPRAPHAGIA ) and other inedible things such as tree bark , afterbirth , dirt and bedding .
11 Certainly in my own experience I have never come across armed smugglers , although on at least one occasion I was threatened with a knife when attempting to stop a seaman leaving a ship , and once I was attached by a ship 's steward when attempting to relieve him of a briefcase full of uncustomed goods .
12 Sheriff Crozier said : ‘ In over 40 years , I have never come across behaviour such as yours . ’
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