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

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1 But micrometeorites often have a loose texture , which suggests that they have never been part of anything big , heavy and hot .
2 Most ordinary shareholders have never had a total remuneration package and have never been part of a performance-related bonus scheme .
3 Of forty-four ministers whose affiliations are known , twenty-one have never been members of any fraternal organization .
4 The RAF parachute instructors are at a disadvantage against most of the other seven nations because they have never been soldiers .
5 That is how it has been in the past , we have never been friends , and perhaps it has been altogether my fault .
6 These lakes have never been landlord lakes — the fishing has always been free for the people .
7 ‘ Cavell and I have never been lovers , ’ Luke interrupted her incisively .
8 There have never been prosecutions in Northern Ireland , and in Great Britain there were ten prosecutions between 1944 and 1988 , with a total in fines of £334 in the seven successful cases .
9 But there have never been writings about him .
10 I know people who have never been east of Western . ’
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