Example sentences of "have never [be] [adv] good at " in BNC.

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1 I 'd never been very good at big lies , and the thought of living one terrified me , but it was important that not only I , but the baby , should have some self-respect about its origins .
2 I 've never been particularly good at chatting up women although I 've always liked women and sex , so the idea of cutting out all the small talk seemed both convenient and appealing to me .
3 I 've never been very good at rejecting people , so I told him I was frigid .
4 The fact is , I 've never been very good at meeting people .
5 ‘ I 've never been very good at school , ’ she said in a bored voice .
6 I 've never been very good at it , but I do try .
7 The ones appointed to do the job had never been very good at it , but he had heard a rumour that Horemheb was training a secret corps of police , answering to him alone but set up in the pharaoh 's name and in the interests of national security .
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