Example sentences of "never been [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Never been breeders , ’ Mrs Yaxlee said grimly .
2 Well I know that but on the other hand , we 've never been ones for relying on other people .
3 lots of all , lots of wire and bricks and stones and old potatoes , you want to see potatoes that grow in that field , there 's never been potatoes in that field before , but there is , we throw all the dicey ones over the fence
4 But micrometeorites often have a loose texture , which suggests that they have never been part of anything big , heavy and hot .
5 But one facet of the Wild West which has never been part of our social scene is surfacing now in cinematographic form .
6 Gabriel , at No 31 with new single Digging in the Dirt , says : ‘ I 've never been part of the rock ‘ n roll machinery .
7 But as to being involved — he 's never been part of the firm himself , so I doubt it . ’
8 Most ordinary shareholders have never had a total remuneration package and have never been part of a performance-related bonus scheme .
9 Notably , the Classical foot has never been part of English phonology ; it is a verse-specific contruct .
10 Most people er recognise that er being able to park in a space in a busy street is an important part of driving , and the surprise is really that it 's never been part of the test before .
11 The RAF parachute instructors are at a disadvantage against most of the other seven nations because they have never been soldiers .
12 A a And what I I might tell you , I 've never been sea sick only once , and that was after I think eating pork pies .
13 I 've never been soooo pissed off at a game than I was at the rangers game at Elland Road .
14 The County Council dismissed the charges , saying both the Corporation and the IIRS were making routine checks on Raybestos Manhattan 's waste and there had never been evidence of asbestos in the consignments that had been checked .
15 Never been south of Nottingham , half the folks round here . ’
16 Anyone 'd think you 'd never been south of Harwich .
17 Of forty-four ministers whose affiliations are known , twenty-one have never been members of any fraternal organization .
18 That is how it has been in the past , we have never been friends , and perhaps it has been altogether my fault .
19 Logic had never been Wendy 's strong suit .
20 I 've never been child minded .
21 Abu Jaber said that " the Palestinian people must be allowed to exercise their right of self-determination in their ancestral homeland " and added : " Let me speak plainly that Jordan has never been Palestine and will not be so . "
22 These lakes have never been landlord lakes — the fishing has always been free for the people .
23 The Salvadorean trade union movement has always suffered from brutal repression ; there has never been freedom to organize .
24 The room was silent , as if there had never been conversation between old friends .
25 This is not to assume either that there has never been pressure within the universities for change or that the state is necessarily hostile to the collegiate model .
26 But the word ‘ politics ’ itself needs to be deconstructed , since politics is to do with our ideals of what human life should be , about which there has never been agreement ; indeed , it is out of the disagreement that politics arises .
27 The legacies of these origins have persisted and there has never been agreement on the nature of international affairs , on the proper methods for studying them , or on the range of elements which theories of them must take into account .
28 There have never been prosecutions in Northern Ireland , and in Great Britain there were ten prosecutions between 1944 and 1988 , with a total in fines of £334 in the seven successful cases .
29 Even with modest opposition , the St Leger had never been trainer Vincent O'Brien 's idea of a suitable warm-up for the Arc .
30 They 've never been patients of mine , though , as I say , I have done some of the servants and villagers .
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