Example sentences of "have never [vb pp] to " in BNC.

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1 No but , yeah but Merridown , Merri Merridown has never professed to be scrumpy .
2 He has scented higher things — England ‘ B ’ v Pakistan and 12th man for the real McCoy against India , both in 1982 , his first full season — and if the aroma has never led to mouthfuls of fame ( due in part to a perceived shortage of confidence against high pace in his formative years ) he has been a staunch servant through thick and thin .
3 The Western tradition , however , has never subscribed to such an extreme theology of silence and unknowing .
4 There has been a long resistance to accepting that , in spite of the logical stringency with which laws in science are formulated , interrelated and tested , their origin has never ceased to be the same .
5 ‘ I would n't like to say that such an idea has never occurred to him , but , if it has , I suspect he is having second thoughts .
6 The legislature has never had occasion to speak on this matter , and the issue has never come to court .
7 ( Interestingly , in the car industry , although Ford has never belonged to an association in Britain nevertheless in Germany it is an active member of the metalworking employers ' association and follows the terms of its negotiated agreements . )
8 xiv.4 : Kimon says that he has never toadied to the Thessalians ) .
9 Although on occasions I have criticised the ICAEW 's examination system , it has never sunk to the levels of the Institute of Taxation .
10 This is not always the case , though — I once had a kestrel that I 'd decided from its plumage was a male and it turned out to be a female , and although this has never happened to me with a barn owl , I know people who 've made that mistake .
11 I have , on occasion , bought sticks of pastel which have crumbled into pieces when I removed the paper wrapper — this has NEVER happened to me with Schmincke pastels .
12 This awful thing has never happened to me but I have been in the situation leading up to the attack hundreds of times , in trusting casual acquaintances to walk me home or allowing strange men to come into my house to do repairs .
13 has never happened to me yet , first dose problems
14 That has never happened to me before in my career ! ’
15 The aristocracy , for its part , has never needed to be convinced of the importance of not working .
16 It has never been the Queen 's style to rant and rave when things have gone wrong — and in truth she has never needed to .
17 But since then , there has never seemed to be a right time .
18 In my knowledge he has never spoken to us about this business .
19 The body of philosophical opinion which avers that life is absurd has never appealed to him .
20 In truth , she 'd never reacted to male advances with such venom before — in fact she 'd always prided herself on being able to stay cool .
21 She remembered her father 's words after he 'd blamed Ace for his son 's death ; words she 'd never repeated to anybody .
22 Besides , I 'd never taken to Agnes .
23 She 'd never resorted to violence in her life , but suddenly the thought of landing a punch square on that granite jaw was enormously appealing .
24 I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life .
25 I 'd never spoken to one till we had Louise , you know , which is not fair on us normal people …
26 The group is encouraged to bring out everything , including things they 'd never admitted to themselves before , then other members provide support .
27 I think it would have been a disaster and a recipe for disaster because practically if you know what the situation is in the Moat Centre and the Highfields youth and community centre then people would have never resisted to that change .
28 ‘ I 've never wanted to be a jobbing presenter , ’ reveals Muriel , 32 , who lives in Edinburgh .
29 I 've never wanted to .
30 ‘ I 've never seen the Lad of the Skins … well , I 've never wanted to .
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