Example sentences of "that i have 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 .
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