Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] have never been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 've never been carol-singing in April before . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | And she had never been that . |
| 7 | The Vale of Blackmoor was her only world , and she had never been far outside the valley . |
| 8 | Her most notable contribution to the 1974 election campaign was the promise that the interest rate on mortgages would be limited to 9.5 per cent , and she has never been unfaithful to her mystical attachment to the concept of home-ownership . |
| 9 | and they 've never been late to their jobs |
| 10 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 11 | Nastily , she said , and he had never been that before . |
| 12 | It was the nature of dogs to eat cats and he had never been able to see the sense of trying to stop them . |
| 13 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 14 | The technology for these new industries was always backward by world standards , and it has never been possible to find secure markets outside the Soviet bloc . |
| 15 | After impetuously hijacking the tapes of a feature on trade unions which C4 's nervous bigwigs wanted cut , he did n't make another appearance on the show , and it has never been clear whether he jumped or was pushed . |
| 16 | I could see a barge or something out there in the middle of the Thames but I 've never been much good with boats . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ After that I suppose I 'll start training for another marathon , but I 've never been good at looking to the future . |
| 19 | But I 've never been this close before … ’ |
| 20 | No , I said , I 'm not , but I 've never been ashamed of er of er of my parents and my background . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But I 've never been able to write except when I was stone cold sober . |
| 23 | I 've heard that there 's another door in the park somewhere , but I 've never been able to find it . |
| 24 | ‘ But I 've never been able to think straight where you 're concerned , ’ he said softly . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | One globular cluster , NGC 5466 , is said to be visible , but I have never been able to see it without a telescope . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | There is said to be a rough period of about 100 days , but I have never been able to confirm this . |