Example sentences of "they [verb] never been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other tenants say that life for them has never been better . |
| 2 | The band had been playing together for two years , at school dances , in pubs and as support at a couple of bigger concerts , but they 'd never been written about before . |
| 3 | ‘ If they 've hurt a single nome , they 'll wish they 'd never been born ! ’ |
| 4 | as if they 'd never been . |
| 5 | ‘ And the odd thing is that of all the people who complained to you after that sermon that they 'd never been to Rome only Sister Dew has taken advantage of this opportunity to go there . ’ |
| 6 | She was unmaking all her day 's work , making love with him as if they 'd never been together before . |
| 7 | The other odd thing , she realised , was that they 'd never been on holiday to France . |
| 8 | When they recovered , there was no destruction of the heart , lungs and they could go back and work , a young person , as if they 'd never been ill . |
| 9 | I 'll make those bastards wish they 'd never been born ! ’ he added savagely , before grabbing the telephone and calling his office in London . |
| 10 | The judge said it was a mircale that Inspector Paul Kirby was n't hit , and other officers told the court they 'd never been so terrified . |
| 11 | They 'd never been to Blackpool , last year they 'd been to Spain |
| 12 | ‘ Peter keeps uttering things over the years saying copyright has been given to him , that there was a letter , a document , but they 've never been produced . ’ |
| 13 | The two he uses on stage have held up well , though ; it 's remarkable because they 've never been rebuilt and they were made in 1959 . |
| 14 | ‘ Each one blossoms and they return home to be far more independent and mature in their own little way , because they have done and seen things in a way they 've never been able to do before . |
| 15 | They 've never been particularly close . ’ |
| 16 | They 've never been properly catalogued . |
| 17 | They 've never been reviewed in ZZAP ! , though , so unless they slipped out under assumed names I 'm afraid you 've had it . |
| 18 | Perhaps they 've never been taught to write or how to handle criticism of their written work . |
| 19 | they did n't even know how to put the clip onto the microphone , they were sitting holding the microphones instead of slinging it round their neck , and they 've never been told about the equipment , so they need n't |
| 20 | ‘ Edward is Stephen 's half-brother ; they 've never been close . |
| 21 | They 've never been hard on me on times to come in and that , but he 's great now . |
| 22 | Eye witnesses say they 've never been so scared in their life . |
| 23 | They 've never been patients of mine , though , as I say , I have done some of the servants and villagers . |
| 24 | They 've never been developed . |
| 25 | Graham Sharpe organiser says there is nowhere else in the world where two legs can race against four and pick up fourteen thousand pounds in prize money if they win … he explains that the horse has been beaten once by a mountain bike three years ago but they 've never been able to work out a winning formula |
| 26 | They 've never been really nice . |
| 27 | They 've never been so well off . |
| 28 | You get , I mean , Dave and Steve , alright , they 've never been my favourite people but all this pious goings-on with Dave , how much he hates the town clerk , and whatever opportunity he could get he would |
| 29 | and they 've never been late to their jobs |
| 30 | They 've never been ? |