Example sentences of "never been any " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , it is often assumed by Continental and North American commentators that there has never been any significant literary theory in England .
2 He admitted the party and individual MPs received a total of nearly £38,000 , but insisted it was all legal and there had never been any attempt to favour the pachinko industry in parliament .
3 ‘ There have never been any thoughts in my mind that I would get something from the Government . ’
4 There had never been any doubt in her mind that she would look after her parents in their old age : they had given up a lot for her , she said , and that was how she could repay them .
5 There has never been any corroboration .
6 But there had never been any attempt to align other CSE grades to O level grades and it was no part of the assumptions of the dual system that someone who failed O level ( below grade E ) was of ‘ average ’ ability ( CSE grade 4 ) .
7 ‘ Correct ’ treatment of prisoners had always been acknowledged , but there had never been any mention of civilian suits or bottles of whisky .
8 Until recently there has never been any suggestion that the radioactive releases that took place then produced any serious health effects .
9 The job provided the Halden family with a home and enough money to live fairly comfortably , but with four sons and five daughters to bring up there had never been any to spare .
10 There had never been any warmth between the women , but they had learnt to respect each other , and Sarah had become accomplished at running the house .
11 As there is no access to the shore there have never been any businesses based on the sea .
12 Clint : ‘ There 's never been any doubt for us right form the first time we came over .
13 In the history of British participation in world-class events there has never been any recognition or backing on a national scale .
14 ‘ There 's never been any shortage of pocket money in this house . ’
15 There had never been any doubt between them that the University of Glasgow would accept Paul , and this happened in time for him to make his arrangements ; but meanwhile there was something else .
16 With Chantal there had never been any need for pretence .
17 There has never been any animosity between us , that 's total rubbish .
18 There had never been any doubt in my own mind .
19 ‘ And there have never been any pressures . ’
20 But whatever the papers think , and whatever the English management says , there has never been any trouble between us and the English players .
21 League secretary Mike Foster said : ‘ There 's been a little bit of manoeuvring — but there has never been any doubt that it was going to be signed . ’
22 There has never been any question about that .
23 There has never been any certainty as to how this other writing can be classified , whether as " factual " , " non-creative " , " project " or " topic " writing .
24 There 's never been any communism in Russia communism in China .
25 There have never been any women chief constables , and women are in general at the lower levels of the police force .
26 I should say that there has never been any issue as to the fact that the child 's habitual residence was at all material time in Ontario .
27 In America where the loose , cotton , mid-thigh-length male undergarment has consistently maintained its market share , there has never been any need to call these things anything but shorts .
28 Never been any sign of them , but I never swim far out anyway . ’
29 Carson said that in theory his own place was within the flood basin , but there had never been any trouble as long as he 'd lived there ; places right on the towpath used to get flooded regularly when the tide was high .
30 For she is certainly mine now , and surely in a way she has never been any other man 's …
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