Example sentences of "[prep] ever [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course there was no question of her having escaped from a mental hospital or of ever having been in one . |
| 2 | We were held in total secrecy , without any contact at all with the outside world and without ever having been charged or tried . |
| 3 | This controversy , usefully outlined in the Report of the Committee on One-Parent Families ( Finer , 1974 , Vol. 2 , pp. 136–47 ) crystal-lises the state 's dilemma of how to deal with women who , by ‘ failing ’ to play the part expected of them ( i.e. by ending their marriages or by having a child without ever having been married ) find themselves without the support of a man . |
| 4 | Léonie had discovered that , without ever having been taught a single rule of grammar , she spoke the language perfectly . |
| 5 | A biologist at Cornell University , Quentin Wheeler , has warned that large numbers of insect species are becoming extinct without ever having been studied , due in part to a shortage of entomologists . |