Example sentences of "[pron] has [adv] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Louvre received an extraordinarily rich array of material from this region , most of which has never before been loaned . |
| 2 | Colin Hughes and Patrick Wintour , who wrote Labour Rebuilt , describe his communications strategy in terms of the Labour Party : ‘ Mandelson and Gould succeeded , not because they exploited slick advertising and media management more effectively than the Conservatives , but because they forged themselves an approach to political strategy which has never before been seen — certainly in the Labour Party , and arguably , ever in British politics . |
| 3 | Next , the tenor , who was engaged as a stop-gap , is a church singer from Lodi who has never before acted on such a big stage , who has only taken the part of the primo tenore a couple of times , and who moreover was only engaged a week before the performance . |
| 4 | I can well believe that he has always been in favour of a social charter in Europe , but he has never before asked us to be in Europe enjoying its disadvantages . |
| 5 | Torture of political detainees in Mauritania has been routine since 1986 , but it has never before been used on such a scale . |
| 6 | It has never before been more important to incorporate informed legal advice into corporate decision making . |
| 7 | What has never before been directly decided in England is whether the doctrine applies to a gift of land by delivery of the title deeds … |