Example sentences of "have never in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’ |
| 2 | London is the great city of art auctions , with New York ; but it has never in this century rivalled Paris or New York as a place for painters and sculptors to live in . |
| 3 | He 'd never in his life felt colder . |
| 4 | We 've never in the past looked in detail at the total work content to work out these time units , after all in the past , we 've known what the client wants , we 've been giving him it for years . |
| 5 | They 've , they 've never in fact that means they normally or something like this on a car . |
| 6 | ‘ Christ ! ’ she said , and the next moment , forgetful of her own safety , she had Maggie in her arms , shushing and soothing as she had never in her life done before . |
| 7 | He had never in his life paired off to do this . |
| 8 | While the ambulance waited , it had to be carefully put away in the cupboard , as she had never in all her life left things draining by the sink . |
| 9 | Jim Callaghan 's response was that he ‘ had never in fifty years been so depressed as a trade unionist ’ . |
| 10 | He said that he had examined the plans with Sir Joseph Paxton , the other member for Coventry , and ‘ had never in his life seen a building which appeared so confused in its internal arrangements ’ . |
| 11 | Her Aunt Elizabeth lived in a small house in the depths of the country near Hereford , and as she her self had never in her life been outside of Birmingham , the journey was like visiting a foreign country . |
| 12 | She had never in her life undressed in front of a man — not even a doctor . |
| 13 | And she meant it , for she liked her college room , she was even mildly proud of it , and the thought of entertaining Clelia in it did not alarm her , though she had a deep aversion to the notion of entertainment , and had never in her whole three years at University embarked on the ritual tea parties or more ambitious sherry parties that mark the social life of such establishments . |
| 14 | Clara was staggered and bewitched ; she had never in her life seen anything like it . |
| 15 | Creggan had never in his short life felt so desolate , and try as he did he could not rest and fall asleep . |
| 16 | She had never in all the world seen much overindulgence . |
| 17 | Charlotte had never in her life felt obliged to examine her relationships with anyone . |
| 18 | He had millions in the bank , rumour went , and had never in all his life paid any tax at all . |
| 19 | Gabriel had never in his life contemplated stealing so much as a flea from a dog . |
| 20 | She had loved him , almost obsessively , since the age of sixteen and , though he had never in any way encouraged her , over the years she had built all her dreams around him . |
| 21 | IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election . |
| 22 | Government troops have never in the nine-year civil war cut so deeply into rebel territory during their annual dry-season offensive . |
| 23 | A number of marriage counsellors I have spoken to all agree that they have never in fact come across a case where infidelity has improved a marriage . |
| 24 | I have never in my life looked forward to starting a diet , but by the end of my holiday I could n't wait to get back on it to maintain my slimmer figure ( with every other diet I have put weight back on and more ! ) . |
| 25 | I have never in my entire life seen so much crap ( wheeeeeeee ! ) . |
| 26 | ‘ But then , I have never in my life known a single headmaster of whom that might not be said . ’ |
| 27 | IT IS arguable that successive British Governments , although paying lip service from time to time to the notion of being able to change the institutions of the EEC ‘ from within ’ , have never in reality held out much hope of doing so ; rather , perhaps , has it been their true intent to use the institutions of the EEC to shape the policy of Europe in their own image . |
| 28 | It is very difficult persuading someone to lend you money when they know that you have never in the past paid it back . |
| 29 | ‘ I have never in all my professional life forgotten to switch the tape on , ’ she said . |
| 30 | ‘ Darling , ’ he said , ‘ you have never in all your life been in love with a man as you are with me , yet it happened . ’ |