Example sentences of "has never be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ( 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 . |
2 | Young ( 1988 ) has , for example , noted that for local and national crime surveys , the response rate ( the proportion of individuals chosen for inclusion in a survey who actually complete a questionnaire ) has never been above 80 per cent . |
3 | She rarely goes out and has never been beyond the street she lives in on her own . |
4 | He is Joseph Zappala , a Florida property developer , who has never been to Spain and perhaps , more to the point , speaks no Spanish . |
5 | He has n't got a map and has never been to Bayswater before . |
6 | Interview with Indian girl of nine who was born here and has never been to India : |
7 | And he has never been to England before . ’ |
8 | Compassionate and relentless as God ( in whom she does not believe ) , she sends her creatures forth and calls them home , having ( like Thomas Hardy ) a love for funerals , although she has never been to one . |
9 | ‘ In fact she has never been to my home . |
10 | Victim Sue Howat joked : ‘ And before you ask , No , Mr Mellor has never been to my flat . ’ |
11 | Also Parker confesses that he has never been to one of Elvis ' recording sessions : ‘ That 's his job — mine 's getting him as much money as I can . ’ |
12 | She has never been to the Caribbean in her life , but most of her friends are black British : to their companionship she owes her aptitude for talking Creole . |
13 | However , the man penning the ferocious press releases from his antiques shop in Flebridge , Sussex , has never met Mrs W or any of her children , has never been to Orkney and until last October felt ‘ dreadful revulsion ’ for the alleged child abusers in Orkney . |
14 | ‘ It 's not a question of bringing them to more people — Emporio has never been for the poor — but of morals ; with the Nineties there comes a new thinking about how much it 's right to spend on clothes and I certainly go along with that . ’ |
15 | It is significant that the union which represents the employed workers of Cartón has never been on strike . |
16 | And Audrey has never been on the stage , or left her husband , or made a false move in public in any direction . " |
17 | The price is not reduced , the property has never been on the market before . |
18 | An opening example : If the price is advertised as being reduced and yet the house has never been on the market before , then it clearly can not have been reduced . |
19 | After speaking at the conference , Mr Parkinson told journalists : ‘ It ( BR privatisation ) has never been at the top of my agenda . |
20 | Mr Parkinson told journalists later : ‘ It has never been at the top of my agenda . |
21 | ‘ I know he has had his moments in the past , but perhaps he has never been at a club big enough to cope with his particular character . |
22 | Londoner Ken Butler moved to the Fens 12 years ago , where space has never been at a premium , to carry on his profession of carpenter specialising in reproduction furniture . |
23 | It has never been off road , |
24 | The life that I have led has never been like that ! |
25 | Though he lives on its doorstep , so to speak , Vic has never been inside the place . |
26 | The other half of his ambition has never been in doubt . |
27 | McKenzie , who has never been in trouble before , was described by people who knew him as a pleasant individual . |
28 | Suspicious of session musicians , he has never been in the habit of sharing his thoughts about chord sequences or the like ; his co-artists have been expected to listen hard and play along if they can . |
29 | It has never been in the rain before and has not developed a habit of accepting the discomfort of being in the rain . |
30 | Mr Gavron believes that the company has never been in a stronger position . |