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

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1 He did talk to his wife , Empress Farah , but otherwise he had never been at ease with Iranians .
2 The other odd thing , she realised , was that they 'd never been on holiday to France .
3 Well I 'd never been on stage in my life before and there I was , suddenly going to be in front of King George and Queen Mary .
4 This was challenged by one of the defendants who maintained that she had never been on stage in a state of total nudity , as the police present maintained .
5 Her family were good , she said , " never caused us any bother " , and her husband was good , " d' you know , he 's never been to court in all his life . "
6 But er there there were there were some pe our , our , on the bench that we we had a really , cross section on the bench that I worked on , there were very , women , one woman she 'd never been to work in her life .
7 We were in our own parish and had never been to Henfield at all … we said we would obey the law , if they would show us any part that empowered them to take a man from his own poorhouse and put him into one of another parish .
8 ‘ They told me I was in Thailand with him but I have never been to Thailand in my life . ’
9 ( Matthew S. is very worried about creative writing , or any kind of writing , really … prefers practical things … has never been above average in language all his school life .
10 The Residency itself would be lost : the Collector had never been in doubt about that .
11 ‘ I have never been in attendance at such a consecration myself , ’ he said .
12 He 's also said : ‘ I 've never been in love with directors .
13 Chris though , according to Isabelle , insisted that Jayne had never been in love with him .
14 I 'd never been in love in my life till you came along . ’
15 It has always been in order for Ministers on the Front Bench to read their answers and it has never been in order for hon. Members to read their questions .
16 She 'd crow all over the place to her friends , ‘ Do you know my husband has never been in contact with cutlery before ? ’
17 This is the sad thing in my life that I have never been in contact with my grandchildren .
18 Never been in trouble at all like and and I 've certainly not seen any trouble .
19 This boy had never been in trouble with the law in his life .
20 He appears before the court for the first time , he 's of previous good character and erm and er has never been in trouble with the courts before and er Madam I 'm going to suggest to you that this incident was brought about not by any fault of his own , but , but by his girlfriend and her behaviour towards him .
21 ‘ And they are all about the same age and they are all boys who have never been in trouble with the police , but the people who taught them and their family were not exactly surprised at what happened . ’
22 I 've never been in trouble with police .
23 He had never been in trouble before and was frightened and bewildered at his own behaviour .
24 Since 1973 , the UK in common with France has never been in surplus with the rest of the EC in trade in manufactured goods .
25 On admission Julie was experiencing lower abdominal pain , feeling nauseated , and worried about the prospect of an operation as she had never been in hospital before and was not often ill .
26 He had never been in hospital before and consulted his General Practitioner infrequently .
27 Constanza was out most of the time but when she dropped in to change , there they were , rattling Italian to each other , poring over Anna 's art books — ’ Bet you 've never been inside Sant'Agnese in Oscurità ? ’
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