Example sentences of "have never been [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although rural housing , as we shall see later in this chapter , has never been in plentiful supply , the newcomers provide an easy scapegoat for the otherwise ‘ hidden hand ’ of the housing market .
2 There is none of that apparently aimless wandering in short stretches , punctuated by frequent bends , going halfway round the compass to reach the next hamlet or village , which characterises the byroads in country that has never been in open field or left it several centuries ago .
3 I 'd never been to New Earth before .
4 Mind you , he 'd never been in good health , not since they sent him home from France . ’
5 I 've never been into virtual reality but as I guess I 'm on the younger side of your readership at 18 I bet it will feature strongly by the time I enter the working world .
6 They had never been on Scottish waters before and planned to go round Skye .
7 As investigators from the Mines Inspectorate , British Coal and unions began their inquiries into the accident , the company disclosed that the trapped men had never been in serious danger .
8 He 's never been to National Tyres .
9 After all , it 's not everyone who has a private view of paintings worth £100,000 — a lot of money in those pre-war , pre-inflation days — but which have never been on public view .
10 ‘ I have never been in rural ministry , ’ Daniel said .
11 Bradshaw and Miller 's work has shown that a substantial proportion of single mothers have never been in full time employment .
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