Example sentences of "have never been [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can also be argued that the economists ' justification for aid has never been its real rationale , but that political considerations of strategic security by the donors have conditioned its distribution and nature , in some cases even allowing military support to be classified as aid . |
| 2 | ‘ Richard of Gloucester has never been one to allow his heart to rule his head . |
| 3 | Mr Gros said : ‘ No one has died in an avalanche here for 10 years and there has never been one at that spot before . |
| 4 | Charlotte has never been one to rush . |
| 5 | Eva has never been one to indulge in self pity but she must have missed the warmth of the Australian sun , and the family back home . |
| 6 | Common to much of the literature has been a notion … that these kids — and many others like them — have been trying to ‘ recover magically ’ territory , both physical and cultural , that they have lost and to appropriate in the same way territory that has never been theirs . |
| 7 | This , however , has never been our central concern . |
| 8 | Taking ourselves seriously has never been our objective — but , believe it or not , taking YOUR opinions seriously is our top priority . |
| 9 | This has never been my own position . |
| 10 | It has never been my view , I must admit . |
| 11 | Putting my point across verbally at meetings without notes has never been my forte , which is why I decided to write to the editor of Gay Scotland in the hope that the situation would change for the better . |
| 12 | MICHAEL Parkinson has never been my favourite TV presenter — I 've always found his brusque , man-of-the-people style somewhat contrived . |
| 13 | ‘ The vignoble has never been my uncle 's top priority . ’ |
| 14 | Is it perhaps true that for many of the English , poetry has never been anything else but a superior parlour game ? |
| 15 | They are used to all sorts of emergencies , but there has never been anything like this : their own people , prepared to face appalling hardships , possible arrest or even death to get out , arriving exhausted but so happy to be free . |
| 16 | There has never been anything like it at Cheltenham . |
| 17 | He has never been anything other than a raggamuffin , and that 's why his fans identify with him totally . |
| 18 | THEY call it ‘ the greatest free show on earth ’ — but then there has never been anything modest or half-hearted about Blackpool and its Illuminations . |
| 19 | Mr. T. has also said in an affidavit that ‘ there has never been anything whatsoever in [ Miss T. 's ] actions which led me to believe that she wished to become a Jehovah 's Witness . ’ |
| 20 | Well it 's just so incredible that this oil has never been I mean nobody focused on it did they ? |
| 21 | As a director of the Bank of England , Laing , who confesses that finance has never been his strong point , broadens his horizons on the economic front . |
| 22 | He 'd never been one to exercise an over-imagination , yet the conditions were like the feeling of a tomb — of an interment . |
| 23 | She who 'd never been one to chatter , prattling away now like a child : |
| 24 | ‘ You did n't ask , you did n't want to be told until Florian convinced you that there 'd never been anything between us . |
| 25 | She 'd never been anybody 's dear before . |
| 26 | We 've never been what you might call close , me and your nan . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've never been one for doctors , and hospitals were for visiting other people , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Och , just round to my Mother 's , basically , just to get out the house — I 've never been one just to sit in listening to the Central Heating switching itself off and on . |
| 29 | Oh she 's always been a good daughter up till now , I 'll grant her that , I 've never been one to just blame the girl , Douglas , I blame the boy too . |
| 30 | I 've never been one to rustle up some loaves-and-fishes |