Example sentences of "never [been] [vb pp] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notion of randomness is especially unclear , in the sense that it has never been defined in any consistent way . |
| 2 | The work of this major artist has never been seen in any depth in Europe . |
| 3 | At about 0230 hours the fishing vessel-cum-yacht Guiding Lights , which had figured on our suspect list since 1974 , but had never been sighted in British waters , sailed into the trap , heaving-to off Talland Bay , about half a mile off shore . |
| 4 | England have never been beaten in this contest against Scotland , Wales and Ireland . |
| 5 | England have never been beaten in this annual event , but the Scots will be aiming to retain second place ahead of Ireland and Wales . |
| 6 | All this is trite law and the contrary has , so far as I know , never been argued in any case which has come before the courts under the Act of 1977 . |
| 7 | ‘ You are talking about a sea which has never been crossed in living memory . |
| 8 | Although it is common knowledge that dogs have been extensively employed in times of war , most people imagine that the cat has never been exploited in this way . |
| 9 | In actual practice , except when its life was extended in the World Wars , that limit has never been reached in modern times . |
| 10 | They have never been reformulated in such a way as to incorporate the consequences of the internationalization of media ownership and content . |
| 11 | The monoplacophorans really reached their acme in the Cambrian , with curious forms having shapes that have never been paralleled in other molluscs ( Yochelcionella ) . |
| 12 | But for confirming the General Secretary 's position as Chairman , the full membership of the Defence Council has never been identified in open Soviet sources . |
| 13 | To scholars of contemporary art , this material will be known from exhibitions at Paula Cooper in New York and from a survey shown at the Jeu de Paume , Paris , and at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia , Madrid , in 1991–92 , but his work has never been shown in such depth in London . |
| 14 | ‘ I have never been considered in any way ; it was always yourself . |
| 15 | The British have never been caught in such a web of debt with no hope of escape . |
| 16 | Yet the story of the development of the city 's housing schemes has never been told in full , and particularly not from the point of view of the original tenants . |
| 17 | It is fairly rare these days to find adults who have never been interviewed in any survey . |