Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have not before … ’ |
| 2 | I have never before asked readers of New Scientist to take political action . |
| 3 | I have never before had the privilege to work for such an environmentally-conscious , safe , dynamic and forward-thinking company . |
| 4 | The Centre provided a traditional Northwest salmon buffet , an experience such as I have never before encountered . |
| 5 | It covers much new material , including letters which have never before been published , a number of long lost works which in the past few years have resurfaced from museum storerooms in the former Soviet Union , and works newly discovered in international private collections . |
| 6 | It is all very well to be phlegmatic and hope that all will come right in the end but surely it would be better to stimulate discussion with a view to obtaining fresh ideas on how to deal with new circumstances which have never before confronted the capitalist world ? |
| 7 | You have probably used sentences today which have never before been used by the human race . |
| 8 | To date , his courses have provoked some extraordinary work from brain surgeons to housewives , from experienced artists and from those who have never before painted . |
| 9 | They include businessmen who have never before committed any substantial crime ; people who make their living principally from fraud ; and other professional criminals who engage in a range of crimes of which long-firm fraud is one . |
| 10 | MARRIAGES which involve a partner who has been married before are more likely to end in the divorce courts than ones between two people who have never before been up the aisle . |
| 11 | ( 6 ) This is the time , if you have not before acted for your client , to send a polite note of thanks to the person who introduced your client to you . |
| 12 | ‘ We have never before been able to run more than one senior men 's squad , yet now , thanks to Cellnet 's backing , we will have three to back the elite Davis Cup squad . |
| 13 | " We have never before had the honour to carry such an important representative of the United States of America to Saigon . " |
| 14 | ‘ The Australians were far better organised than us , but I think we have never before been as close to matching their fitness and defensive capabilities . |
| 15 | Not uncommonly , indeed , they will speak of things which they have never before told anyone . |