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

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1	The NABC has never fostered a North/South divide and the suggestion from Mr Atkinson that we would give preference to the views from southern counties , as against northern counties , is totally without foundation .
2	I think I 'm right in saying the PFA has never lost a battle it has fought .
3	Much admired for his technical skills — such as his use of overlapping dialogue — Altman has never produced a box office hit other than M*A*S*H , in 1970 .
4	Transcendental Meditation has never acquired the reputation of a sinister cult , but doubts are sometimes voiced about it .
5	Labour has never won a majority in parliament against a press so tilted against it as now .
6	‘ Perks has never had a birthday like it ! ’ she said .
7	Miss Debrace has never seen the place .
8	Darlington College has never had a winner in the national finals but course leader Alan Brookfield thinks this could be the lucky year .
9	Amabel had never exchanged a word with an actress in her life and had never even set eyes before on a divorced woman .
10	I imagine all these Madness fans have never felt an emotion in their life .
11	Through their long history the echinoderms have never left the sea , but within their preferred medium they have adopted most of the life habits available to marine organisms .
12	It 's the same as that place in Australia where they have n't seen rain for seventeen years , I mean there 's children who are grown up now at college have never seen a spot of rain , I 'd hate that I 'd rather have our , sometimes dismal climate .
13	Rising stars like Phil Tufnell , Chris Lewis and Graeme Hick have never shared a dressing room with him purely as a team-mate , getting to know him on equal terms .
14	Northern Ireland has never won the Home Internationals before but team manager Jim McGrory feels that this year 's selection is good enough to achieve success for the first time .
15	Quite apart from this practical difficulty , however , the truth is that English law has never applied the conception of ownership to land .
16	To this day the drummer has never opened the envelope containing the letter .
17	‘ My child has never heard the sound of laughter , ’ said the woman , ‘ and I do n't want him to die without hearing it . ’
18	Recently described in the national press as ‘ one of Britain 's best-kept secrets ’ , the Institute has never attracted the attention it deserves .
19	I wondered when they had known each other and why the parents had never mentioned the affair to me ?
20	Well , Shannon had never met an idol yet who did n't possess feet of clay , and there was nothing to suggest he was the exception .
21	Anabelle had never seen a turtle before , and thought him a kindly creature .
22	The Independent Companies had never taken a prisoner , although this was not from want of trying .
23	Naturally gifted as he was , the Japanese boy had never taken a golf lesson .
24	Unlike the Cubists , the Futurists had never limited the colours on their palettes and were concerned with a wide range of subject-matter , so that they may have contributed to the general ‘ loosening-up ’ process that Cubism was undergoing .
25	The Zemsky sobor , whose role in decision-making had never approached the status of a right , disappeared altogether .
26	Nigel had never seen the film and , as it was shown rather late , we had recorded it and intended to watch it that afternoon .
27	Angel had never had a lesson ; he played as naturally as he walked .
28	Mr Smith said it was ‘ appalling ’ that many 18- to 24-year-olds had never had a job .
29	Many youngsters have never known the satisfaction of being handed a wage packet and it can be so soul destroying for them .
30	Firstly , Software AG is not obliged to fork out part of its profits to shareholders in dividend payments , and so can pump more into research and development — but then Micro Focus Plc has never paid a dividend .

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