Example sentences of "[noun] [that] [pron] [vb base] never [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a parochial side to Scotland that I 've never been able to accept . |
| 2 | This is the sad thing in my life that I have never been in contact with my grandchildren . |
| 3 | Stern and Partridge admit that monographs and specialised studies already exist on all these rooms , and make no claim to have discovered new material , but justify their extended reconsideration of the ‘ halls of state ’ on the grounds that they have never been analysed together as monuments of public art . |
| 4 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 5 | More recently the rapid increase in the wealth of the Japanese , their greater consumption of diamonds and the fact that they have never been so attached to gold as the peoples of the west have led to a sharp increase in their use of platinum for jewellery . |
| 6 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 7 | Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes . |