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 .
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