Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] never [adv] been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd never even been to her house .
2 I 'd never even been on a train until I was past thirty and if you recall that was no joy-ride , simply a mercy dash to get Renée out of one of her scrapes . ’
3 I 'd never even been in a car until I was twenty …
4 Erm because I 'd never actually been in the flats before .
5 I had never previously been to a race where this had happened but the race jury undoubtedly made the right decision .
6 I had never even been on a hat-trick before , ’ said Henderson .
7 I 've never even been to Highgrove , and that 's the truth .
8 I 've never even been to Scotland and my mother was certainly never chased by a Scotsman .
9 The overwhelming blackness , the cracking peals of thunder and the piercing flash and hiss of forked lightning ; I 've never since been in an alpine storm of such ferocity .
10 I 've never actually been to a Grand Prix before so I 'm really looking forward to it .
11 I 've never ever been at college after six o'clock , it was very exciting .
12 I 've never really been into fixing heroin .
13 I have never ever been to Victoria Park .
14 But Carla has denied ever having an affair with Mick and says she has never even been to Thailand .
15 She 'd never even been in love , she thought wistfully , was beginning to think herself incapable of the emotion , or that her standards were too high — or impossible .
16 You 're not English and you 've never even been to England . ’
17 She had never before been in the Royal Victoria Infirmary .
18 Until now her knowledge had come from conversation and confidences and such ; she had never before been in a morning court and listened to the proceedings .
19 She had never before been in the company of a man , let alone a young , attractive man .
20 He also sent us out to a dhow in the harbour to fish ; we had never before been on a vessel that rode so close to the water .
21 He went across to it , still thinking that it was n't too late to back out and close the door behind him and pretend that he 'd never even been in here .
22 He had never before been through Customs and Immigration at Heathrow .
23 He talked about the town , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how one day soon he must try to get out on the moor .
24 He talked about the town , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how one day soon he must try to get out on the moor .
25 I think we despised him in our highhanded way because as he had joined the Met service after the end of the war , he had never actually been in uniform .
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