Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] never be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a parochial side to Scotland that I 've never been able to accept . |
| 2 | Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes . |
| 3 | We lived for a year in a cottage attached to a remote farm — so remote that I have never been able to find it again . |
| 4 | Because of my very varied upbringing I have found that I have never been able to analyse the political effects of any discrimination . |
| 5 | It is of the eighth magnitude , but I admit that I have never been able to see it with certainty even with × 20 binoculars , though it is easy enough in a telescope . |
| 6 | The colour is obvious with a telescope , but I confess that I have never been able to detect it with binoculars , even × 20 . |
| 7 | There were various factors that came into making this decision but one of the things is I 'm heartily sick that I have never been able to go away on holiday in the autumn ever in my life . |
| 8 | And I 've never been carol-singing in April before . |
| 9 | I have consistently said why do n't they allow er , councils to spend the receipts from council houses on building new houses , and I 've never been impressed with the replies nor the reasons . |
| 10 | But as I say , I 've never seen anything , and I 've never been able to find anybody who can provide that answer for me . |
| 11 | It is said — and I have never been able to verify this figure — 70% , and not all were shot down by the fighters , although the majority of aircraft were . |
| 12 | ‘ Susan and I have never been social butterflies , ’ Breeze explained with dignity , ‘ and I do n't think we shall be able to entertain much . |
| 13 | I could see a barge or something out there in the middle of the Thames but I 've never been much good with boats . |
| 14 | But I 've never been one of those guys who set out to be a technical guitarist and I still do n't refer to myself as a technical player . |
| 15 | ‘ After that I suppose I 'll start training for another marathon , but I 've never been good at looking to the future . |
| 16 | But I 've never been this close before … ’ |
| 17 | No , I said , I 'm not , but I 've never been ashamed of er of er of my parents and my background . |
| 18 | I 've often felt desperate too , but I 've never been able to talk about it because people think you 're being superior : holier than human . |
| 19 | But I 've never been able to write except when I was stone cold sober . |
| 20 | I 've heard that there 's another door in the park somewhere , but I 've never been able to find it . |
| 21 | ‘ But I 've never been able to think straight where you 're concerned , ’ he said softly . |
| 22 | Someone also presented me with an electric washer but I have never been able to use it because there is n't water in the house and I would n't be able to understand it anyway . |
| 23 | I have often looked for it with binoculars , but I have never been able to glimpse it even with × 20 , though my 76-mm refractor brings it out unmistakably , and with my 39-cm reflector I have no trouble in seeing the central star . |
| 24 | One globular cluster , NGC 5466 , is said to be visible , but I have never been able to see it without a telescope . |
| 25 | M67 is in the field with Alpha ( 4.2 ) ; it is said to be visible with the naked eye , but I have never been able to confirm this , though with binoculars it is very easy indeed . |
| 26 | It is rather faint ; I can just see it with × 12 and easily with × 20 , but I have never been able to detect it with × 7 . |
| 27 | There is said to be a rough period of about 100 days , but I have never been able to confirm this . |
| 28 | The components are of magnitudes 4.4 and 5.7 , and since the separation is almost 44 seconds of arc it should be possible to see them individually with × 20 binoculars , but I have never been able to do so with certainty . |
| 29 | It is said to be visible with binoculars , but I have never been able to see it without a telescope . |
| 30 | In fact M42 is only the brightest part of a vast nebular cloud which covers most of Orion , but I have never been able to see the rest of it with binoculars . |