Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] never been [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A a And what I I might tell you , I 've never been sea sick only once , and that was after I think eating pork pies .
2 Gabriel , at No 31 with new single Digging in the Dirt , says : ‘ I 've never been part of the rock ‘ n roll machinery .
3 I 've never been soooo pissed off at a game than I was at the rangers game at Elland Road .
4 I 've never been child minded .
5 I do n't know cos I 've never been brunette , Jackie .
6 ‘ Cavell and I have never been lovers , ’ Luke interrupted her incisively .
7 But one facet of the Wild West which has never been part of our social scene is surfacing now in cinematographic form .
8 Anyone 'd think you 'd never been south of Harwich .
9 Who 's Who had never been Greg 's favourite reading but rather to his surprise , it came up trumps : Seymour-Strachey , Gerald Harcourt ; Professor of English Literature , University of Grimsby , 1942–74 ; b. 8th June 1904 ; s. of Stephen Seymour-Strachey and Charlotte Butler : educ .
10 I know people who have never been east of Western . ’
11 Well I know that but on the other hand , we 've never been ones for relying on other people .
12 That is how it has been in the past , we have never been friends , and perhaps it has been altogether my fault .
13 The Salvadorean trade union movement has always suffered from brutal repression ; there has never been freedom to organize .
14 But the word ‘ politics ’ itself needs to be deconstructed , since politics is to do with our ideals of what human life should be , about which there has never been agreement ; indeed , it is out of the disagreement that politics arises .
15 The legacies of these origins have persisted and there has never been agreement on the nature of international affairs , on the proper methods for studying them , or on the range of elements which theories of them must take into account .
16 There has never been jealousy on my part that she has taken my mother 's place . ’
17 This is not to assume either that there has never been pressure within the universities for change or that the state is necessarily hostile to the collegiate model .
18 The room was silent , as if there had never been conversation between old friends .
19 The County Council dismissed the charges , saying both the Corporation and the IIRS were making routine checks on Raybestos Manhattan 's waste and there had never been evidence of asbestos in the consignments that had been checked .
20 He should have asked the Captain but with the Substitute 's eyes fixed on him he had n't felt able to , and later there had never been time .
21 The window was dark , as if there had never been candle-light .
22 There had never been trouble between her and them and it 's unlikely Mr Johnson knew them .
23 But there have never been writings about him .
24 There have never been prosecutions in Northern Ireland , and in Great Britain there were ten prosecutions between 1944 and 1988 , with a total in fines of £334 in the seven successful cases .
25 lots of all , lots of wire and bricks and stones and old potatoes , you want to see potatoes that grow in that field , there 's never been potatoes in that field before , but there is , we throw all the dicey ones over the fence
26 They 've never been patients of mine , though , as I say , I have done some of the servants and villagers .
27 But micrometeorites often have a loose texture , which suggests that they have never been part of anything big , heavy and hot .
28 The RAF parachute instructors are at a disadvantage against most of the other seven nations because they have never been soldiers .
29 It has never been de rigueur for academics who rise to high places in English departments , and , conversely , students who possess it may not do well in formal examinations .
30 What I 've been through is most extraordinary , I would n't call it crucifixion exactly , because I 'm not religious , but I actually thought I was doing quite radical work and it has never been names as such .
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