Example sentences of "never [vb past] [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue never addressed is the level to which interest rates should be reduced to enable British industry to compete effectively , let alone give it an edge over the rest of the industrialised world — probably because they have not reached such a level for decades ; nor is there reason to hope they might in the foreseeable future . . |
| 2 | It was not and never had been a question of wages . |
| 3 | He explained that there never had been a bottle of perfume , but he had made the first call in front of his wife who was now quite happy because she thought her husband had merely left her birthday present behind , not , as he had actually done , completely forgotten her birthday . |
| 4 | ‘ Summerchild , ’ he could be saying , briefly and flatly , as if there never had been a case . |
| 5 | This took effect on and from Monday September 26th , the last passenger trains actually running on September 24th as there was , and never had been a Sunday service . |
| 6 | He was led to believe there never had been a brother . |
| 7 | Donovan told the jury that he was not and never had been a homosexual . |
| 8 | Mrs. Simper then found out that my sauciness was grown to such a height that no body could endure it , and told my lady , that there never had been a room well swept , since Betty Broom came into the house |