Example sentences of "never [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mellor has never been given proper credit for showing sufficient resolution during the passage of the Broadcasting Bill to persuade his colleagues that ITV deserved to have its future determined by something more subtle than a contest to see who could stuff the most pound notes into a brown envelope earmarked for the Treasury . |
| 2 | As he said at the time : ‘ I 've never been seen naked in any bed , never . |
| 3 | ‘ Doctors , who have never been taught medical entomology and do n't know what a mite is , would be far happier if asthma were caused by cigarette smoke , pollution , plant pollen or cat fur , but few cases actually are . |
| 4 | You 've never been kept short of money , have you ? ’ |
| 5 | In the case of a person missing ten years before who had never been reported missing , what hope was there now of establishing identity ? |
| 6 | The committee appointed to enquire into the copper trade and mining ( 1799 ) , said in their report that copper bolts had never been considered strong enough , and that the practice of copper bottoming was stopped by about 1750 , as a result of the losses , and the fact that at one time a third of the navy was in dock under repair . |
| 7 | The brain should never be given contradictory clues when we attempt to reproduce any of the senses . |
| 8 | The didactic contract is between teacher and pupil although it may never be made explicit . |
| 9 | Even hugs and kisses that feel good and that you like should never be kept secret . |
| 10 | Since a plan is a process of deliberate choice and decision , it would seem that the output could never be called unnatural ; for in a sense the whole process is unnatural ( if contrasted with unplanned evolution ) . |
| 11 | In ordinary circumstances , persons of their order would never be permitted sufficient licence to be alone together , and so enkindle the fire that sparked between them . |
| 12 | ‘ Bear in mind there are people who suffer lifelong injury which can never be put right . |
| 13 | The beauty of such methods is that they can never be proved wrong since , by ignoring what the people concerned themselves think , you have removed any empirical basis for testing the interpretations . |
| 14 | He said since the incident new instructions insisted that loads must never be left unsupported , supports must be put in place to stop the tube falling and a wider slot in the pipe was now used making the operation easier , quicker and safer . |
| 15 | They should never be left untreated . |
| 16 | Then an attempted entry to a local authority hairdressing course went embarrassingly wrong ; it finished with Mrs Finni having to spell out her daughter 's handicap to students and a flustered teacher who eventually refused to accept responsibility for a girl who could never be left alone in the classroom . |
| 17 | A patient who is not fully conscious should never be left alone and an experienced nurse should accompany the patient hack to the ward from theatre . |
| 18 | Authors should never be held responsible for their publishers ' blurbs , and so one is spared the embarrassment of assessing the claim that Hugh Trevor-Roper is ‘ Britain 's greatest living historian ’ . |
| 19 | It was just as well that he would soon be yoked to Virginia , so that his desire for his headstrong gypsy would never be allowed free rein . |