Example sentences of "never [adv] [been] [vb pp] in [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Both the settlers and the natives assured me ’ , wrote Gould , ‘ that they [ the bronzewings ] had suddenly arrived , and that they had never before been seen in that part of the country .
2 Miss Joyce could not afford to sue for libel , for which Legal Aid is not available , so she chose the ancient legal route of malicious falsehood which IS covered by legal aid but has never before been used in this way .
3 The classy eight-year-old has never before been entered in either race .
4 But since , technically , she 'd never even been employed in any official capacity , she could hardly have cared less .
5 Certain principles have never yet been contested in any court of law so that precedent for their consideration has never been laid down .
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