Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have never [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do sometimes go down to 2½lb , but although I have never been broken on it I never feel as confident as I ought . |
| 2 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 3 | ‘ It is only that I have never been proposed to so abruptly , so boldly before . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I was a millionaire almost overnight about ten years ago so I have never been motivated for money . |
| 5 | Erm , on the emergency call out I getting surprised that this council insist that it 's lit if we do n't need it er at all service , I 'm sure , I 'm quite certain that we have never been told that there 's always been a question of anything that goes to actually give us a better call out service . |
| 6 | We have said that we have never been committed — it is not something new — to paying the full fees , however high . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The problem with the mixtures is that they have never been proved in the classical homoeopathic way , as had been done with the original remedies . |
| 9 | I have often read that the use of fish knives is considered passé , and that they have never been used by the aristocracy . |
| 10 | ‘ The Maktowms have been big spenders at Newmarket , but they have never been made really welcome there , ’ an insider told me . |
| 11 | If it is n't correct , I would like to know why Engineering 's approval has been withheld , because I have never been given any indication , at any stage , that there were any major problems regarding the project . |
| 12 | We believe that the amendments are vital because we have never been told officially the price of any of the bus companies . |
| 13 | That immediately excludes about a quarter of our youngsters on the dole , because they have never been trained . |
| 14 | Some readers have grown accustomed to reading/watching/eating shit because they have never been offered anything else . |
| 15 | Still others throw themselves on the mercy of God without being able to name the name of Christ because they have never been told about him . |
| 16 | But , though they have never been overruled , they have attracted strong adverse criticism . |