Example sentences of "[not/n't] and [adv] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donovan told the jury that he was not and never had been a homosexual . |
| 2 | It was not and never had been a question of wages . |
| 3 | There is not and never has been a ‘ right ’ to demonstrate . |
| 4 | Liver fluke is not and never has been present in the islands . |
| 5 | Miss T. was never accepted into that faith by baptism or otherwise and therefore , as the sect has asserted in a statement to the press , ‘ T. is not and never has been one of Jehovah 's Witnesses . ’ |
| 6 | Thirdly , the application of the rules of natural justice , prior to the introduction of fairness , was not and never has been uniform in its operation . |
| 7 | ‘ What I want is not and never has been important . |
| 8 | However what , what I think is the most important aspect of this , the communist party is not and never has been a party in the normal sense of the term , it 's a closed shop for the ruling establishment of the Soviet Union and therefore it 's quite simply incompatible with politics . |
| 9 | What you must never forget is that I am not and never have been an ethnic of any description , and that I have never found any evidence that justifies any cretinous claim by you , or by any of your co-morons in the sewers of lofty racist Neanderthal , that Eurocentrism warrants any positive attention from those like myself who inherit — and consciously — a civilised tradition and philosophy going back millions of years . |
| 10 | ‘ Obviously not , but I am not and never have been Mrs Smith , and there is nothing to prove differently . ’ |
| 11 | Despite what you seem determined to think , I am not and never have been promiscuous . ’ |
| 12 | But Madonna is n't and never has been a musician . |