Example sentences of "have never [vb pp] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ETA has never engaged in attacks that might endanger such large numbers of bystanders , especially foreigners , even when presented with attractive targets . |
| 2 | BA has never engaged in such a campaign and the allegations made against us to the contrary are totally untrue . |
| 3 | He has never engaged in acquisitive crime such as burglary , because this would contradict his 1960s ‘ peace and love ’ philosophy . |
| 4 | The Securities & Exchange Committee ( SEC ) declared that " Pilgrim has never engaged in any revenue-producing business . " |
| 5 | Their model is contemporary western democracy , something that most of them admit has never existed in its modern form in eastern Europe . |
| 6 | It is not the only roof over his head — in fact he has never lived in it . |
| 7 | Now that should be clear even to the ordinary rugby spectator who has never played in the front row . |
| 8 | And neither do you , for Levi has never played in an Open Championship , although in a thoughtful moment he will say that he may have erred in not entering for the Old Course last year , and that now he may well play The Open . |
| 9 | — he takes his Wife and Bairns with him , a Waggon the size of a Squatters Cabin and all such apparatus as will imcumber [ sic ] him not a little — he has never travelled in the Woods , never salted his rump Stakes [ sic ] with Gun Powder and how he will take to it , will be a ‘ sin to Crockett ’ . |
| 10 | He has never stayed in any one place longer than a couple of years and prides himself on knowing when to go . |
| 11 | It is also true that Mr Brown , despite his political prowess , has never run in a statewide race . |
| 12 | When Arthur Guinness started to brew porter in his Dublin brewery he created an insatiable demand for his beer that has never waned in Ireland . |
| 13 | The Northern Echo has never indulged in personal attacks on John Richardson . |
| 14 | ( He laughs briefly and in a second has never laughed in his life . ) |
| 15 | Perhaps only Barrie could have made a successful match between two such unpromising characters — a man who boasts that he has never laughed in his life and a woman who is acutely aware of being devoid of charm . |
| 16 | Funnily enough , I think the craze has never resurfaced in the seventy years since that time . |
| 17 | Well known through his contribution to the Whitney Biennial in 1985 , when he decorated the public lavatories , and from exhibitions with Tony Shafrazi , he has never shown in this country , but Edward Totah makes the correction when he presents ten large canvases and twenty-six smaller pictures ( 7 April–23 May ) . |
| 18 | The Hague Conference has never worked in the field of criminal law . |
| 19 | On 5 June , Gavin Laird of the Amalgamated Engineering Union rightly said on ’ Channel 4 News ’ : ’ It has never worked in the past ; there is no logic for it ; it does not work in any other country and it certainly will not work in Great Britain . ’ |
| 20 | She was more bothered than ever , for Timothy 's eyes had a dreamy look which she 'd never seen in them before , and he 'd lingered over the girl 's name whenever he had used it . |
| 21 | Most of the food was of a kind that she 'd never seen in the shops ; there was no wine or beer , but Belov had a hip-flask of vodka . |
| 22 | Because she 'd never fallen in love , the head-over-heels , with-all-your-heart kind of love that made a woman 's world centre on one man for the rest of her life . |
| 23 | He looked as though he 'd never smiled in his life . |
| 24 | Though she 'd never worked in insurance , her potential employers thought her smiling manner and evident efficiency would equip her well for the task , particularly as she appeared a quick learner , and did well in the practical assignment they gave her during the period of the interview itself . |
| 25 | She 'd never behaved in her life as she 'd just done , and she could n't understand or justify her reactions . |
| 26 | I think a lot of it was to do with the fact that I 'd never driven in the dark before . |
| 27 | However , what such an analysis fails to take into account is that the evidence of wrong-doing that became so public in the United States would almost certainly have never surfaced in the United Kingdom , given the laws of libel and the willingness of the British people to tolerate secrecy in government . |
| 28 | He is said to have never smiled in his life . |
| 29 | She said I just went in there and she said I could n't stand any more , she said do you know Joy she said you 're one of the nicest people I know , she said I tell you what I 've never heard in my life two people stab somebody like you 're being stabbed , she says I could n't sit there any more |
| 30 | ‘ You 've never implored in your life , ’ Ruth murmured , resting her wet head on his shirt for a second before pulling away and perching on the edge of the lounger . |