Example sentences of "ever been [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't think the theatre 's ever been endowed with a great deal of fundings but one or two companies in the town that have been prepared to fund obviously the one that strikes me is Gilbey 's cos the Gilbey bar I mean that was funded and like they 've been over the years they have given money even fact as a sad note cos Gilbey 's have actually demised now erm General Portfolio have actually taken on the role in Harlow of funding many things if you actually look all most things that have sponsored until recently have been sponsored by General Portfolio so they 've been to the fore in er fundering funding .
2 The Indecent Displays ( Control ) Act 1981 was sound in principle , but so narrow in application that it has rarely if ever been tested in the courts .
3 Has Anderson ever been hit by a golf ball ?
4 The Building News said that it was ‘ the greatest scandal and disgrace that has ever been inflicted on the architectural profession ’ .
5 Only 18 ( 31.6% ) of the 57 subjects with communication disorders had ever been assessed by a speech therapist .
6 I first came across her in a marriage hymn in Songs of Praise , which I still feel is the best that has ever been composed for a Christian wedding .
7 I reflected that I was not sure if I had ever been filled with the Holy Spirit , let alone spoken the word of God boldly .
8 In no way had she ever been prepared for the life she was now expected to lead and Charles had some difficulty in understanding her feelings .
9 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN MISTAKEN FOR THE BLOKE OUT OF SIMPLY RED ? ( laughs ) No !
10 In the absence of the Orkney guidelines , she asked to be told which guidelines had been used , and whether these had ever been placed before the Island 's Social Work Committee for their approval .
11 Following on from the theory of inflation as a display , it would be interesting to know if anything has ever been observed on the breeding activity of these fish , as an even more outrageous through occurs to me in that maybe the Puffer is one sex of the species exhibiting its mating display .
12 The reality represented the truth about movie-making itself , and a final shattering of all the illusions that had ever been presented to a cinema audience , for , seemingly , he had not realized that he had built into his masterpiece a piece of self-destruct mechanism .
13 It features 500 works which formed Moore 's home environment , none of which have ever been seen by the public before , and is curated by Solange Auzies de Turenne who is also in charge of the exhibition of monumental Moore sculptures running at Bagatelle in Paris from 10 June to the end of September .
14 The floodlit night feeding of thousands of birds at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust has only ever been seen by the centre 's staff .
15 Chairman having detected the arsons , I wonder if the Chief Officer knew whether a study had ever been done on the background of those people generally , nationally who er , caused that scene and whether any steps would be f if they were confined to certain people with certain backgrounds , or certain part of histories , whether anything could be brought to bear ?
16 And then , as something else occurred to him , ‘ Was that , then , the only time that twins had ever been born to the Wolfline ? ’
17 But no serious systematic analysis has ever been made of the recruits , or of their careers as policemen .
18 ( No claim had ever been made on the £300 million fund for loss of development value . )
19 The Future Development of Auditing , issued by the Auditing Practices Board , is the most important attempt to bridge the expectations gap that has ever been made by the British profession .
20 Have you ever been interviewed in the street , or at your door , by someone doing a survey ?
21 It asked the troops whether they had ever been linked to a group who aimed to overthrow the authority of the State , or if they had any family members , friends or associates connected with such organisations .
22 To the western world , however , the Swastika is probably the most disturbing image that has ever been associated with a political regime .
23 And yet both my sons , neither of whom had ever been hurt by a dog , would show apprehension if a dog approached .
24 It was the best excuse that had ever been offered to a radio reporter in search of an interview ; ‘ No , I 'm sorry , I ca n't speak to you .
25 Howbeit all these things appeared as nothing to Rodrigo when he thought of the wrong done to his father , the first which had ever been offered to the blood of Layn Calvo .
26 All of this may be possible in theory , but it is not an approach which has ever been used in the UK .
27 The point is that Humpage was brought on to bowl before lunch on the first morning of the match , and one wonders whether a selected wicketkeeper has ever been introduced into the attack to early a stage of a first-class match , especially since so far as I am aware Warwickshire suffered no injuries that morning .
28 He said that , together with the Bill , the Government had presented ’ the most extraordinary guillotine that has ever been introduced into the House ’
29 I know that nothing has ever been proved against the man , but you 've heard the rumours about how he tries to pressurise people . ’
30 These policies even contemplated the nationalization of industry , in rather more detail than had ever been considered by the Labour Party .
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