Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [adv] [vb pp] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard has never fainted before . |
| 2 | A decaying treestump sprouted a collar of saffron fungus of a kind Edward had never seen before . |
| 3 | Blue-banded grass parakeets abounded in the neighbourhood of Spring Hill , feeding on corn from the margins of cultivated land in flocks larger than Gould had ever seen before ; compared with the proliferation of different species around Hobart , however , only a few birds were collected on this overland journey . |
| 4 | This gambit , which Short has never played before , is almost never seen at the top level . |
| 5 | Now I know they 're absolutely outstanding vehicles , much better than Chrysler has ever done before . |
| 6 | Brando had never sung before , but when he felt that Sinatra was singing in the wrong manner , he said to Mankiewicz , ‘ He 's supposed to sing with a Bronx accent . |
| 7 | Above one elbow he wore a thick gold band of Norse design that Tuathal had never seen before . |
| 8 | He took her to a tiny cafe in the industrial suburbs , an area of Paris that Isobel had never visited before . |
| 9 | Praying was ten times as hard as it had ever been in Africa , so was steering clear of hatred , a problem Isobel had never encountered before . |
| 10 | did you ever raise with him back in January nineteen eighty eight something that you and Mr had both raised before , namely that what goes into the brochure is not to be relied on you 've got to look at the solicitors correspondence , to interpret what is in the brochure , did you ? , did you ever raise that with Mr the solicitor 's correspondence ? |
| 11 | David was holding the strings in a pattern Julia had never seen before . |
| 12 | They were n't like anyone that Julia had ever met before . |
| 13 | The appeal was stronger than Phoebe had ever made before . |
| 14 | Azzopardi has also escaped before , fleeing from a prison minibus in December last year while en route to Manchester Crown Court from Hull prison . |
| 15 | Now she recited sing-song invocations in a language Jaq had never heard before . |
| 16 | Came the day when a robed elder Inquisitor activated a palm-tattoo that Jaq had never seen before , and spoke to him the words : |
| 17 | That night , Sunday , Mr Grant , the well-bred reverend gentleman they met at Cawdor manse , joined them , and Mr Keith the excise man , and they ate roasted kid ‘ which Dr Johnson had never tasted before . |
| 18 | Standing in his arms in this way was arousing sensations Caroline had never felt before . |
| 19 | The lights on top of the Thing moved oddly , into patterns Masklin had never seen before . |
| 20 | The crowded church was silent for a few seconds at these words no citizen of Decin had ever heard before . |
| 21 | Lyddy had laid out the pearl grey coat and skirt that had been a present from Aunt Emily and a fur coat Alexandra had never seen before , heavy and glossy . |
| 22 | A tall lady in dark blue velvet , with a string of agates round her neck and a golden diadem in her hair ; a lady Isabella had never seen before in her year at the court of Gwynedd . |
| 23 | He has a gun trained on Keith and a large , nervous man Mark has never seen before . |